# Baidoa

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2026-08-12**: Humanitarian alert — Plan International and Somalia's Disaster Management Agency call for increased international assistance as about 2 million people face emergency food insecurity.
- **2026-08-03**: Arrival in Baidoa — Mohamed's family reaches Baidoa after nearly two weeks on the road, arriving with no food and joining hundreds of thousands of drought-displaced people.
- **2026-07-20**: Departure from Saakoow — Luul Mohamed and her five children leave Saakoow in Middle Jubba after drought conditions worsen, beginning a journey of more than 300 kilometers.
- **2026-06**: El Niño projection — FAO projects a greater than 90% probability of El Niño conditions developing from mid-2026 and intensifying during Somalia's October-to-December rainy season.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Somalia drought pushes 2M into emergency hunger as aid shrinks
2026-08-12 17:19:06 · Sentiment: Strongly negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 2

For logistics and procurement leaders, Somalia's drought is a demand-and-routing shock: 2 million people need emergency food while humanitarian budgets contract and a 90% El Niño flood risk threatens critical supply corridors before the October-to-December rains.
Full story: https://getsupplybrief.com/story/somalia-drought-supply-chain-aid-disruptions

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