UN launches $852 million aid plan for Somalia amid deepening crisis

At Monday’s briefing, United Nations Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric announced the launch of a $852 million Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for Somalia, which he said, “is 40 percent less than last year” and “aims to support 2.4 million people.”

Dujarric stressed that the reduction in funding “is due to constrained resources, not reduced humanitarian needs.”

He said there will be, “significant gaps in essential…