Somalia – a future beyond famine

"That drought is the immediate cause of the famine is not in doubt," say Kristalina Georgieva and Andris Piebalgs, Commissioners for Humanitarian Aid and Development.

Their analysis tends to prove that the first priority is to bring stability, which diminishes disaster risks and improve resilience: "We are seeing the evidence in the autonomous region of Somaliland, where Europe's investment in development, institutional improvement and disaster risk reduction is paying off. (...) But to ensure that drought does not turn into famine, disaster prevention and resilience policies need to be better integrated into development thinking."