Ten Minutes On... After Berlin: Why Humanitarian Aid is Falling Short

Last week’s Berlin conference on Sudan brought together major donors—the United States, Germany, the European Union and others—to rally support for a humanitarian crisis that has displaced 11 million people and left nearly 29 million facing acute hunger. But this episode of Ten Minutes On… looks beyond the headlines to ask a harder question: why is global humanitarian aid falling short just as needs are reaching record levels? Drawing on the latest data from the United Nations and the OECD, it explores how funding cuts, rising defence spending, and the growing use of aid for domestic priorities are reshaping international assistance—and what that means for crises in Sudan, Yemen, Afghanistan and beyond.