WFP warns Somalia food aid to halt, millions at risk

A power-sharing deal in 2018 brought relative peace, with Kiir as president and Machar his deputy. But the deal was never fully implemented, their forces never unified, and elections never held. (AFP)

BERLIN: The United ​Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Friday warned its emergency ‌food assistance in ‌Somalia ​will ‌be ⁠forced ​to halt ⁠by April without immediate funding, putting millions ⁠at risk ‌as ‌the ​country ‌faces ‌a severe drought and deepening hunger crisis. ‌A quarter of the population, 4.4 ⁠million ⁠people, are facing crisis-levels of food insecurity, the WFP said.