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Brief Summary
The majority of calls to Radio Ergo’s nationwide audience feedback platform in the week 18-24 June 2026 were from callers announcing good rainfall and the beneficial impact on their livelihoods, as well as their hopes for recovery. These calls came mostly from central and southern regions, with a notable numbers of calls from Galmudug, Hiran, and Bay. At the same time, a smaller number of callers spoke of drought and the severe effects on livestock and crops. Notable locations of such callers were Galgadud, in particular Abudwak and Guriel, and parts of Lower Shabelle and Gedo. Other callers noted disease outbreaks including chikungunya in Bardera, Gedo. IDPs in camps in Dollow complained of severe food shortages and bad conditions. Many callers asked about malnutrition with some reporting diversion of nutritional supplements. The following summarises the calls by theme.
Floods – one caller in Middle Shabelle (location unspecified) said they had experienced river flooding and their farms had been inundated. He said they feared further flooding.
Health – a female caller in Bardera reported that chikungunya disease was spreading in the area and many children had been infected. The children had high fever and some people were advocating against administering medicine or injections. She wanted to know what they could do to combat this. A caller in an unspecified location said children were infected with acute watery diarrhoea and were dehydrated with loss of appetite. He asked for advice on feeding treating them.
IDPs – a caller in Qansahley camp, Dollow, said the IDPs there were in desperate situation and appealing for help. Another in Dollow said IDP families were short of food shortage and facing malnutrition, and needed aid.
Aid delivery – a caller in Abudwak reported that Plumpy’Nut nutritional sachets were being sold to children and mothers who need the supplements. A caller in Baidoa said similarly that nutritional supplements were being sold instead of being given to deserving children.
Nutrition – a caller in Oodweyne, Togdher, said children and pregnant mother who were malnourished needed access to nutritional supplements. Several other callers had questions to the radio exert about malnutrition, its cases and treatments, including for elderly people.
Livestock – various callers in different regions had questions to the radio experts about diseases affecting in particular sheep and goats.
Agriculture – farmers across the regions reported pests including caterpillars, tuute, aphids and others, affecting a range of vegetables as well as grains. Most wanted farming advice and pesticide approaches.
Rainfall – in the north, several callers from parts of Togdher, Sanag, Sahil and Sool said they had received rain that was helping recovery of livestock and enabling them to grow crops. Some acknowledged though that the rain was not well spread across the locations within their areas. Several in parts of Mudug and Galgadud similarly reported beneficial rainfall that did not appear to be even across all areas. In Hiran, a few reported heavy rainfall in Buleburte district. In Lower Shabelle, a few spoke of rainfall including a caller Yaq-birweyne who said the rain meant the Sunday livestock was busy and business was going on briskly. A large number of calls came from people living in parts of Bay region. In Baidoa and Burhakaba, callers said their farms and livestock were doing well. One caller in Wajid, Bakool also said they had good rainfall. In Gedo region, some in Bardera reported good rainfall, although one caller noted the need for authorities to repair the key bridge across the river, that was damaged in past flooding. Callers in Kismayo reported rainfall too.
Drought – most callers on this theme came from Galgadud. In Abudwak, several callers noted drought, desperate conditions facing the people, as well as ongoing conflict. One added that their livestock were sick and that wells were very far away. Another said pastoralists had migrated long distances away in search of water and pasture. In Guriel, a female caller said their livestock were thin after two years of failed rains. Another said they were drought hit and destitute families, who had lost most of their livestock with only thin ones left. A caller in Idole said the drought was severe in their area and people had migrated to northern regions including Somaliland. In Lower Shabelle region, a female caller said their crops had dried up as they had received very little rainfall.
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