UN appeals for $35 billion to help world’s ‘most vulnerable and fragile’ in 2021

A record 235 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection next year, a near- 40 per cent increase on 2020 which is “almost entirely from COVID-19”, the UN’s emergency relief chief said on Tuesday.

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A record number of people will need help worldwide during 2020: Global Humanitarian Overview

04 Dec 2019

A record 168 million people worldwide will need help and protection in crises spanning more than 50 countries in 2020, the UN’s emergency relief chief has said, in an appeal for nearly $29 billion in humanitarian aid from donors.

Emergency aid needs set to rise by 17% to 274 million, UN humanitarians warn

02 Dec 2021

A total of 274 million people worldwide will need emergency aid and protection in 2022, a 17 per cent increase compared to last year, UN humanitarians said on Thursday.

Africa’s Sahel region facing ‘horrendous food crisis’

16 Feb 2022

As the Sahel region “stares down a horrendous food crisis”, the UN emergency food relief chief warned on Wednesday that the number of people on the brink of starvation has “increased almost tenfold” over the past three years and “displacement by nearly 400 per cent”.