Editor’s Note: On Feb. 24, 2017, the U.K. Department for International Development clarified that the funds announced were not new funds, but rather funds that had not been previously allocated to humanitarian aid. Read more here. This article was previously updated on Feb. 22, 2017, to include additional funds committed for the crisis.
The U.K. has pledged 200 million British pounds ($249 million) in humanitarian aid to Somalia and South Sudan, after the United Nations declared a famine in South Sudan and issued famine warnings for Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria on Monday.
The announcement means that the U.K., European Union and Norway have together committed more than $342 million in emergency assistance for the crisis.