Statement on the Global Humanitarian Overview

The latest GHO warns that donor cuts, including by the UK, are leaving millions at risk amid rising crises. Aid groups are forced to prioritise, yet vital services vanish and malnutrition soars.
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The latest GHO warns that donor cuts, including by the UK, are leaving millions at risk amid rising crises. Aid groups are forced to prioritise, yet vital services vanish and malnutrition soars.
The Chancellor’s failure to reverse aid cuts undermines the UK’s global leadership amid rising hunger and conflict. Action Against Hunger calls for transparency, a return to the 0.7% GNI aid target, and urgent action to protect life-saving international support.
Nearly 300 million face acute hunger, driven mainly by conflict. Action Against Hunger calls for global action, accountability, and investment in proven, local solutions.
Anneliese Dodds steps down as International Development Minister over UK government decision to slash aid to 0.3% of GNI.
Action Against Hunger UK releases statement on Prime Minister’s announcement cutting back foreign aid.
Statement from Jean-Michel Grand, Executive Director of Action Against Hunger UK, on the ceasefire to end the conflict in Gaza coming into effect on 19th January 2025.
Over 3,500 people have been killed in Lebanon in the last year and more than 1 million people fled their homes to escape the violence.
Kate Munro, Head of Advocacy at Action Against Hunger UK, emphasises the need to reinstate aid funding to protect lives and reaffirm the UK’s commitments on the world stage
Several health workers and civilians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in recent days
Action Against Hunger responds to the UN Security Council vote to support a proposal for a "full and complete ceasefire" in Gaza, and reiterates the need for increased humanitarian access.
Fighting, displacement and lack of humanitarian access places millions at risk of sliding into emergency levels of acute food insecurity and malnutrition
Action Against Hunger is warning that 44 per cent of the population, approximately 4.9 million people, are dealing with crisis levels of hunger due to the recent escalation of violence.