This research focuses on displacement in southern and central Somalia between 2020 and 2023, when the country experienced a four-year-long drought. It examines how pre-existing exposure to risk, conflict and lack of adequate social protection worsened the conditions of people affected and shows how floods and drought mutually disrupt their livelihoods and cause displacement. The report highlights Somalia’s political and economic context, showing how protracted civil war and economic challenges have led to poverty and exposed people to climate shocks.
