The United Nations has allocated $110 million in emergency funding to address underfunded humanitarian crises worldwide, including in Sudan, following significant aid cuts from major donors like the United States.
The U.N. warns that global humanitarian funding, already declining before U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a foreign aid freeze in January, is expected to reach a record low this year.
The Trump administration announced last month that it was canceling nearly 10,000 foreign aid grants and contracts, slashing nearly $60 billion—roughly 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s global programs. Other key donors, including Britain, have also reduced contributions as governments prioritize defense spending.
“For countries battered by conflict, climate change, and economic turmoil, brutal funding cuts don’t mean humanitarian needs disappear,” said Tom Fletcher, the U.N.’s Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.
The U.N. is appealing for $45 billion in 2025 to assist about 185 million people affected by conflict and hunger, calling the situation an “unprecedented level of suffering.” So far, it has received just 5% of that goal.
The newly released funds from the Central Emergency Response Fund will support neglected crises in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, with roughly one-third allocated to Sudan and neighboring Chad, which has taken in more than a million Sudanese refugees. Other recipients include Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Niger, and Somalia.