Somali Region Deyr (short rainy season, Oct–Dec) 2025 Verification Assessment
A Call for Urgent Humanitarian Action
The Somali Regional State is entering a critical humanitarian emergency following the failure of consecutive rainy seasons. The Deyr (short rainy season, Oct–Dec) 2025 assessment confirms widespread crop failure, collapsed water systems, and deteriorating livestock conditions. Millions of households now face escalating risks to food security, health, and livelihoods.
Key findings
- Water crisis: Ten of eleven zones urgently require water trucking to reach nearly 399,000 households. Traditional sources—rivers, ponds, and wells—have dried up or collapsed.
- Agricultural collapse: More than 140,000 hectares of cultivated land failed to reach harvest. Farmers are struggling with drought, crop diseases, and unaffordable input costs.
- Livestock emergency: Over 4.5 million breeding animals require feed. Milk production has collapsed.
- Food security breakdown: Food prices are rising while livestock values fall, leaving families unable to afford basic staples. Harmful coping strategies—such as selling breeding stock or producing charcoal—are eroding future recovery.
- Escalating risk: With the Jilaal dry season (Jan–Mar 2026) approaching, hunger, displacement, and disease outbreaks will intensify unless urgent action is taken.
Immediate humanitarian needs
- Water supply: Emergency trucking, rehabilitation of collapsed water systems, and improved harvesting infrastructure.
- Livestock support: Feed distribution, veterinary services, and mobile health units to prevent mass mortality.
- Agricultural recovery: Irrigation support, pest and disease control, and stronger market linkages to stabilize production.
- Food assistance: Targeted relief for vulnerable households to prevent famine and malnutrition.
- Health & WASH: Medicines, vaccines, and sanitation interventions to curb disease outbreaks.
Call to action
The Somali Region stands at the brink of a major humanitarian disaster. Without immediate and coordinated support, livelihoods will collapse further, and famine risks will escalate during the upcoming dry season.
We urge humanitarian partners, donors, and policymakers to act now—to deliver life‑saving assistance, strengthen resilience, and protect the dignity of communities across the Somali Region.
Act now to save Somali Region.
Failed Deyr (short rainy season, Oct–Dec) 2025 — Jilaal dry season ahead.
