Overview
- President Emmanuel Macron announced more than €1.5 billion in international assistance for the UN humanitarian plan targeting the Great Lakes region.
- France said Goma’s airport will reopen to humanitarian flights in the coming weeks and that secure corridors for aid delivery will be established.
- The conference was co-hosted by France and Togo and closed with Macron alongside DRC President Félix Tshisekedi and Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbé.
- Officials and NGOs highlighted the scale of the crisis, with nearly 28 million people facing food insecurity, about 7 million displaced, extreme sexual violence, and heightened epidemic risks.
- The push follows urgent NGO appeals and supports ongoing mediation tracks led by the African Union via Togo, the United States, and Qatar, after a response plan of $2.5 billion had been only 16% funded.