UN appeals and Peacebuilding Fund allocations aim to support people in DRC, CAR, Chad, Libya and Somalia
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The UN announced or described humanitarian response plans for the Central African Republic and Chad, appealed for funding for Somalia and other needs, and noted Peacebuilding Fund allocations to Libya and Somalia for locally led recovery and governance work.
The UN briefing summarized several Africa-focused humanitarian and peacebuilding efforts. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, renewed violence in Ituri — including fighting around Boulay — has caused at least two civilian deaths since yesterday and suspended planned food distributions; an estimated 78,000 people in and around the area have been unable to receive assistance since early December.
In the Central African Republic, UN and national authorities launched a joint humanitarian response plan appealing for $264,000,000 to assist 1.3 million of the most vulnerable people; the briefing said this was a lower ask than in recent years but noted needs remain high with 2.3 million people in need and roughly 40,000 Sudanese refugees hosted by the country.
Chad launched its 2026 humanitarian response plan calling for $986,000,000, including $540 million dedicated to refugees, to aid about 3.4 million people amid conflict, displacement, climate shocks, malnutrition and disease outbreaks.
The Peacebuilding Fund allocated $2,000,000 for a new initiative in Benghazi and Durna (Libya) to support locally led peacebuilding and youth economic programs and $5,000,000 for initiatives in Somalia to strengthen interim justice, security and local governance in the districts of Bado and Masajid Al Iboum, to be implemented by UNDP and IOM.