About 600,000 people in nine regions of southern and central Somalia will require about 18,000 mt of emergency food aid during the period September to December 1999, the Somalia Food Security Assessment Unit (FSAU) reported. The figure represents 18 percent of the region’s total population, excluding Mogadishu, with over half of those requiring assistance in the Bay and Bakool regions. FSAU said that non-emergency food aid for rehabilitation and institutional support may fill some of the shortfalls. “There is concern, however, about whether non-emergency food aid will reach those most in need of assistance,” it added.
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