Somalia Humanitarian Assistance 2017-18 Somalia's humanitarian crisis remains among the largest and most complex in the world. A mix of drought, insecurity, surging food prices, increasing malnutrition, access constraints and funding shortages have led to a serious deterioration of the humanitarian situation in Somalia. Somalis continue to flee their homes due to ongoing military operations in parts of southern and central Somalia. The El Niño phenomenon has caused severe flooding in some parts of the country, and exacerbated drought in others causing further displacement. The number of people facing humanitarian need has grown considerably over the past 12 months. Of the 6.7 million people (over half the population) in need of humanitarian assistance, 3.2 million face ‘crisis’ and ‘emergency’ levels of food security. It is estimated that more than 1.5 million women of childbearing age and nearly 130,000 pregnant women may require urgent care. In the first half of 2017, there have been 71,663 reported cases of acute watery d