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Forty per cent increase in number of people needing aid worldwide

Tigray refugees arrive on the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border

Tigray refugees arrive on the banks of the Tekeze River on the Sudan-Ethiopia border Source: AAP

The United Nations has released its annual Global Humanitarian Overview and forecasts a near double increase in the number of people requiring aid in 2021.



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