UN seeks $47bn in aid as donor appetite shrinks while crises multiply

The United Nations on Wednesday sought $47 billion in aid for 2025 to help around 190 million people fleeing conflict and battling starvation, at a time when this year’s appeal is not even half-funded and officials fear cuts from Western states including the top donor, the USFacing what the new UN aid chief Tom Fletcher describes as “an unprecedented level of suffering”, the UN hopes to reach people in 32 countries next year, including those in war-torn Sudan, Syria, Gaza and Ukraine.“The world is on fire, and this is how we put it out,” Fletcher told reporters in Geneva.“We…