India, Nov. 14 -- Somalia has failed to implement a functional social security system for the marginalised, particularly those negatively affected by drought. This has led to extreme poverty and lack of adequate water, livelihood, food and healthcare among those affected, prompting displacement both within internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps in Somalia and across the border into Dadaab Refugee Camp in Kenya, according to a new report by global non-governmental organization, Amnesty International.

The report, No rain, no food, no animals: The human rights impact of drought and displacement in Somalia, focuses on displacement in southern and central Somalia between 2020 and 2023, when the country experienced a four-year-long drought....