UN provides $25 million for drought response in Somalia

Displaced Somali people

A file picture taken shows displaced Somalis queueing as they wait for food-aid rations at a distribution centre in Mogadishu. PHOTO | AFP 

The United Nations humanitarian agency has released $25 million (over Ksh2.5 billion) for providing immediate assistance to communities hard-hit by drought in Somalia.

Mr Adam Abdelmoula, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, on Thursday said the cash from Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) would be used to supply relief food and water in remote areas of Jubbaland and Puntland.