La Somalie à un « risque réel de famine » alors que les répercussions de la guerre au Moyen-Orient se poursuivent
Au moins six millions de personnes en Somalie passent des jours sans suffisamment de nourriture, ont averti les équipes d'aide de l'ONU vendredi, soulignant que près de deux millions de ce nombre sont de jeunes enfants « à haut risque de maladie ou de décès ».
« Le contexte humanitaire en Somalie se détériore plus rapidement que nous ne l'avions initialement projeté et attendu », a déclaré George Conway, le principal responsable de l'aide de l'ONU en Somalie, une situation aggravée par le conflit non résolu au Moyen-Orient et la crise mondiale de la chaîne d'approvisionnement en cours qui en a résulté.
« Les enfants paient le prix le plus élevé. Près de deux millions de jeunes enfants souffrent de malnutrition aiguë, ce qui signifie qu'ils sont dangereusement sous-alimentés et physiquement affaiblis, les plaçant à haut risque de maladie ou de décès », a souligné M. Conway.
« Près d'un demi-million sont si gravement malnutris qu'ils nécessitent un traitement urgent pour survivre », a ajouté le vétéran humanitaire.
Le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'enfance (UNICEF), quant à lui, a souligné de nombreux endroits où les soins de santé pour traiter les maladies liées à la faim aiguë ne sont plus disponibles ou sont tendus par les retards de la chaîne d'approvisionnement, « en raison de toutes les perturbations qui se produisent au Moyen-Orient », a déclaré le porte-parole Ricardo Pires.
Près d'une personne sur trois en Somalie est en situation d'insécurité alimentaire critique, selon la dernière évaluation d'experts soutenue par l'ONU de la plateforme de Classification intégrée des phases de sécurité alimentaire (IPC). Elle définit la famine comme une situation dans laquelle au moins un ménage sur cinq souffre d'un manque extrême de nourriture et fait face à la famine et à la misère, entraînant des niveaux extrêmement critiques de malnutrition aiguë et de décès.
L'assistance est la plus urgente dans l'État du Sud-Ouest, où l'ONU a confirmé « un risque réel et crédible de famine dans le district de Barakaba », a poursuivi M. Conway.
Alors que le peuple somalien endure la sécheresse depuis 2024, la saison des pluies Gu actuelle d'avril à juin a apporté un certain soulagement dans des zones localisées. Mais il y a des préoccupations croissantes que la pluie ne tombe pas suffisamment, augmentant le besoin d'une assistance humanitaire qui s'avère déjà excessivement coûteuse.
« Étant donné la situation de sécheresse et l'assèchement des points d'eau, de nombreuses communautés dépendent du transport de l'eau par camion », a déclaré M. Conway. « Et le coût du transport de l'eau par camion augmente évidemment avec la crise du coût du carburant. Ainsi, dans certains endroits, nous avons vu les prix de l'eau pour le transport par camion tripler au cours du mois dernier. »
Les aliments thérapeutiques prêts à l'emploi (RUTF) sont le traitement de référence pour les enfants souffrant de faim sévère, mais leur approvisionnement continu est également en question, plus la crise au Moyen-Orient continue d'impacter les prix du carburant et particulièrement le fret aérien.
« Nous avons une usine à Nairobi qui produit beaucoup de RUTF que nous fournissons pour l'Afrique et d'autres pays, mais la Somalie est un cas spécifique où le transport de ces fournitures par route n'est pas aussi faisable », a expliqué M. Pires de l'UNICEF. « Nous dépendons du fret aérien et évidemment avec la hausse du carburant, la hausse des prix du carburant de manière si significative, ce coût deviendra très compliqué pour nous à gérer à l'avenir... C'est une question de vie ou de mort pour eux. »
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Risque de famine en Somalie – OCHA, UNICEF
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SOURCE : UNTV CH
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LANGUE : ANGLAIS / NATS
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DATELINE : 15 MAI 2025 GENÈVE, SUISSE & MARS 2026 EN SOMALIE COMME INDIQUÉ – VEUILLEZ CRÉDITER UNICEF
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