Overview
- France and Togo convened governments, the UN and NGOs in Paris, where President Emmanuel Macron said more than €1.5 billion was mobilized for the UN humanitarian response.
- Macron announced the planned reopening of Goma airport for humanitarian flights in the coming weeks and pledged secure corridors to move aid.
- Humanitarian groups welcomed new funding but urged immediate access, citing closed airports, front-line constraints, taxed convoys and risks of diversion.
- Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé pressed for transparency and stronger African oversight of aid, warning that resources and routes can be commandeered in wartime.
- Needs remain vast and unmet as violence persists despite recent diplomatic steps, with roughly 27–28 million people food-insecure and millions displaced in eastern DRC.