Tom Fletcher

Force in Play

Allocated $3 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund on November 6 for the Moyale response

More than 50,000 people have crossed from Ethiopia into Kenya since fighting began in Moyale on October 18, according to UNHCR and Kenyan authorities. A rapid survey of 758 households, reported on November 9, found 71 percent did not have enough to eat and 80 percent named food as their most urgent need.

Updated 2 hours ago

Rule Changes

Managing OCHA-controlled U.S. funding with conditions

The United States pledged $2 billion for UN humanitarian aid in December 2025, added $1.8 billion in May 2026 and made direct awards to UNICEF and the World Food Programme in June. Total UN commitments are nearly $5 billion, still about 70% below the $17 billion Washington gave each year before the freeze. Within hours of his January 2025 inauguration, Trump froze nearly all foreign assistance, dismantled USAID by July and warned UN agencies to 'adapt, shrink or die.'

Updated Nov 2

Force in Play

As of May 2026: Warning of aid crisis impact

Heavy snow and rainfall killed at least 61 people across Afghanistan between January 22-24, 2026, with 110 injured and 458 homes destroyed across 15 of the country's 34 provinces. Earlier that month, flash floods triggered by the season's first heavy rains killed at least 17 people on January 2, destroying over 1,800 homes in western provinces.

Updated May 23

Money Moves

As of May 2026: Leads global humanitarian appeals amid deep funding crisis

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) cut its 2026 humanitarian appeal to roughly $33 billion in December 2025, down from the $47 billion requested for 2025. Governments had provided only about $15 billion in 2025 — the lowest level of support in a decade. Three weeks later, the United States pledged $2 billion to OCHA-managed funds, providing roughly two-thirds of the funding needed to reach 87 million people in the most catastrophic need.

Updated May 10