The British Embassy Mogadishu today launched the development phase of the Better Lives for Somali Women and Children programme with UNICEF, Mercy USA, Trocaire, Save the Children and Action Against Hunger and the Federal Government of Somalia. This innovative programme will improve lives for Somalia’s most vulnerable and is the UK’s flagship health and nutrition partnership with the Federal Government of Somalia.

Having pledged £38m from October 2023 to September 2026, the UK is again proving itself a committed and unique partner to the Somali Government across a wide range of humanitarian and development activity. At the launch of the UK-Somalia Strategic Partnership in November 2023, health was identified as a top priority by UK Minister for Development and Africa Andrew Mitchell and President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud.