The UN has warned that aid funding for dozens of crises around the world has dropped by a third – worth billions of dollars – against a backdrop of Donald Trump having slashed US funding and other nations, including the UK, having announced cuts.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which coordinates aid organisations in their humanitarian responses, reports that for the 44 crises it has prioritised this year, only around 11 per cent – or $5.4bn (£4bn) – of the $46.2bn required for its response plans has been funded so far this year.
