The Conversation published on 21 June 2022 a commentary titled "No Time for Complacency: Somalia's Unfolding Famine Catastrophe" by Mukesh Kapila, University of Manchester.
Somalia is on the brink of catastrophe with 7.7 million Somalis needing assistance now due to 3 successive years of failed rains leading to the worst drought in 4 decades. Russia's invasion of Ukraine contributes to the disaster because Somalia gets 90 percent of its wheat from that region.
