HUMANITARIAN AID: ‘The U.N. asked for billions to avert four hunger crises. The money didn’t arrive’, Washington Post, 3 June 2017

At the beginning of this year, the UN made one of its boldest requests ever for funding. It needed billions of dollars to fund a humanitarian response, said Secretary General António Guterres, or as many as 20 million people might starve to death. Five months later, the results of that appeal are dismal. The UN has raised about a third of its goal, and there's little reason to believe that much more is coming. The funding is for four countries facing massive hunger crises: South Sudan, Somalia, Nigeria and Yemen. Of the $6.1 billion requested for those countries, only $2.2 billion, or 36 percent, has been pledged. 'The U.N. asked for billions to avert four hunger crises. The money didn't arrive', Washington Post, 3 June 2017