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UN warns of deepening humanitarian needs across Chad, DRC, Mozambique, Myanmar and Colombia as funding falls short
Summary
UN agencies reported new allocations and urgent funding gaps: $2.5 million from CERF to Chad; WFP needs $433 million to sustain operations in eastern DRC; UNHCR and other agencies said funding shortfalls are forcing cuts while displacement rises.
United Nations agencies reported escalating humanitarian needs and significant funding shortfalls across multiple countries, saying new allocations and appeals will be insufficient without faster donor support.
The Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, allocated $2.5 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to respond to a massive influx of refugees and returnees in eastern Chad; the briefing said that brings CERF allocations to Chad this year to $16 million. The UN said more than 55,000 Sudanese refugees and about 39,000 Chadian returnees have arrived in eastern provinces since April, with many women, children, unaccompanied minors and older people among them.
The World Food Programme said the number of people facing acute food insecurity in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has risen from 6.6 million to 7.9 million, with 2.3 million in IPC phase 4. WFP said it reached 1.1 million people with food and cash assistance in the eastern provinces earlier this year but urgently requires $433 million to sustain emergency operations through October 2025.
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) reported that more than 25,000 people were newly displaced in Mozambique in recent weeks and that about 1.3 million people have been uprooted by conflict, cyclones and drought across the country; UNHCR said it had received only 32% of a requested $42.7 million for its response.
The briefing also said that UN agencies are alarmed by reports of two boat tragedies off Myanmar’s coast this month in which an estimated 427 Rohingya perished at sea. UNHCR called for urgent action by regional authorities and said nearly one-fifth of people attempting dangerous sea movements in the region this year have been reported dead or missing.
In Colombia the briefing cited a steep increase in people affected by non-state armed group fighting and natural disasters: the humanitarian response plan for 2025 seeks $342 million to help 2 million people and was reported to be only 14% funded, leaving agencies unable to meet large portions of urgent needs.
Why it matters: Agencies warned that without rapid additional funding, millions of people could lose access to life-saving assistance across multiple countries and regions.
Looking ahead: UN agencies called on donors to step up support immediately to avoid cuts to emergency operations, and said allocations from pooled funds like CERF are being used to meet the most urgent shortfalls while appeals remain underfunded.
