In Uganda, the UN system has already repurposed $3.5 million in existing resources to support the Government-led response to contain the Ebola outbreak and stop its further spread. The World Health Organization is supporting greater surveillance, contact tracing, testing, clinical care and cross-border preparedness.
In Somalia, hunger is pushing 6 million people — almost a third of the population — into critical levels of food insecurity, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
On 27 March 2026, the Panel of Experts on South Sudan briefed the members of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015), in connection with the Panel’s final report submitted in pursuance of paragraph 18 of resolution 2781 (2025).
Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher has allocated $12 million from the UN Central Emergency Response Fund for food, healthcare, drinking water and shelter, among other life-saving aid, to 200,000 people in Jonglei and Upper Nile States in South Sudan grappling with conflict-triggered displacement and food insecurity.
In Lebanon, two aid organizations successfully conducted missions to Tyre in Sector West Thursday thanks to coordination with the UN peacekeeping mission there and the Office of the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Humanitarian needs remain severe, especially in the health sector amid continued Israeli attacks.
The World Food Programme (WFP) reports that 6.5 million people in Somalia are experiencing crisis-level hunger, acute malnutrition or are at risk of starvation due to worsening drought conditions, conflict and funding shortfalls. WFP warns that without additional funding it may be forced to halt emergency assistance.
In Mogadishu, Somalia, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher, meeting with the diplomatic community and humanitarian partners, warned that without urgent funding, more aid programmes would close. Two million people in Somalia survive on one meal a day.
The Security Council today extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) until 30 April 2027.
