WFP cuts food aid in Somalia

In a stark development, the United Nations World Food Programme has announced it will sharply cut food assistance in Somalia, reducing the number of people receiving aid from 1.1 million to only 350,000 by November 2025. The Europe Peace Foundation views this as a profound moral failure of global solidarity. At a time when 4.6 million people in Somalia are already in crisis-level hunger and 1.8 million children are at risk of acute malnutrition, the cut threatens to intensify mass suffering. The decision is driven by a severe funding shortfall, worsened by climate breakdown, conflict, and instability from militant groups. From our peace-centered lens, withdrawing life-saving aid in such a fragile context is tantamount to abdicating ethical responsibility.

We call on European and global donors to reverse this decision, to unlock fresh funding, and to commit to predictable long-term support. Furthermore, we emphasize that humanitarian operations should not be mere stopgaps, but linked to efforts to mediate conflict, protect civilians, and build resilient institutions. Only through a unified peace-humanitarian-development approach can we avert preventable loss of life.