Today, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will receive the Chairperson of the African Union Commission Mahmoud Ali Youssouf.
Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)
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In response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Gaza and the West In response to the rapidly deteriorating situation in Gaza and the West Bank, the European Commission has allocated an additional €50 million in humanitarian funding, bringing total assistance in 2025 to €170 million.
The Commission has announced €80 million in EU humanitarian funding for 2025 to support people in need in Yemen. Yemen continues to rank among the worst humanitarian crises in the world.
In 2024, over 295 million people across 53 countries and territories faced acute hunger – an increase of almost 14 million people compared to 2023 – while the number of people facing catastrophic levels of hunger reaches a record high.
Several Latin American and Caribbean countries are grappling with humanitarian challenges, mainly due to the Venezuela crisis, natural disasters, and armed conflicts. The European Commission will provide €120 million in humanitarian aid this year to help the region’s most vulnerable.
The European Commission will provide an initial humanitarian aid allocation of €41 million for the Southern Africa and Indian Ocean in 2025 – an area facing simultaneously natural hazards and conflict.
Following the devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake on 28 March 2025, the European Commission is allocating an additional €10 million in humanitarian aid.
The European Commission has pledged a further €40 million in humanitarian assistance for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), subject to the approval of the budgetary authority.
Today, at the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit in Paris, the European Commission announced a new pledge of…
