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This summary synthesises key evidence from the 2026 SOHS, showing how the humanitarian system performed over 2022–25, where it made meaningful progress, where longstanding challenges persisted and how...

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A report by the humanitarian organisation ALNAP finds that 64 million fewer people received aid last year as humanitarian funding fell 30 percent between 2022 and 2025, while the imperialist powers po...

On Thursday 15 October, CHS Alliance are bringing together voices from inside and outside the aid sector to ask: Are we doing enough to keep children safe in aid?

A report by the humanitarian organisation ALNAP finds that 64 million fewer people received aid last year as humanitarian funding fell 30 percent between 2022 and 2025, while the imperialist powers po...

A report by the humanitarian organisation ALNAP finds that 64 million fewer people received aid last year as humanitarian funding fell 30 percent between 2022 and 2025, while the imperialist powers po...

A report by the humanitarian organisation ALNAP finds that 64 million fewer people received aid last year as humanitarian funding fell 30 percent between 2022 and 2025, while the imperialist powers po...

Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo Source: ALNAP Please refer to the attached file. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This country report for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) provides an evidence-based overview of the current international humanitarian system between 2022 and 2025 to supplement the global analysis in The State of the Humanitarian System 2026 (SOHS) . It describes the country’s humanitarian context and responses to ongoing crises; outlines the size, shape and performance of the humanitarian system; and highlights key findings from primary research in North and South Kivu, supplemented with secondary data including scholarly and grey literature. The country report offers a comprehensive picture of how the international humanitarian system, alongside other actors, operates in DRC and it assesses the system’s effectiveness in meeting the needs of people affected by conflict and crises. Our research indicates a mixed picture of the state of the humanitarian system in DRC, with several important challenges. Improvements include better delivery of aid in line with internationally recognised standards in more accessible areas, as well as greater preparedness and capacity among skilled staff to respond to the needs of populations affected by crisis. Humanitarian actors are also increasingly adapting their operational approaches to better support community needs. However, several structural challenges continue to hinder the effectiveness of the humanitarian system in DRC. The system remains heavily dominated by United Nations (UN) agencies and international organisations, who control funding, resources and agenda-setting processes, often to the detriment of local and national actors, as well as people affected by crisis. Other challenges include access, ensuring accountability to affected people, and widespread sexual abuse and exploitation. The power imbalance between international and local actors – with international actors holding a near-monopoly over decision-making power – combined with limited government engagement, creates an environment in which humanitarian actors operate with excessive autonomy and a laissez-faire, hands-off approach. This situation is further reinforced by a lack of transparency, weak accountability mechanisms, political influence and insufficient action to address other forms of misconduct. There remains limited progress on localisation, and practices such as gatekeeping continue to negatively affect adherence to humanitarian principles. In this context, some aid workers exploit these systemic weaknesses to engage in corrupt practices, diversion of humanitarian assistance and other forms of misconduct, including sexual exploitation and abuse and other practices that undermine the dignity of aid recipients. Corruption and aid diversion take many forms and represent some of the most critical setbacks in the humanitarian system in eastern DRC. They are both structural and systemic, sometimes involving well-organised networks and actors who are supposed to prevent and combat these excesses. Together, these challenges undermine the effectiveness of humanitarian interventions and erode the sector’s overall credibility and trustworthiness. Organisations have adapted through local partnerships and by modifying modalities, but assistance has not met needs. Prioritisation has focused narrowly on survival, leaving critical sectors such as protection and psychosocial support underserved. At the household level, aid has been inconsistent and poorly adapted to prolonged displacement, with uneven targeting and the exclusion of vulnerable groups. Consequently, trust has declined, resource competition has increased and social tensions have grown. Recommendations Decision-makers, humanitarian stakeholders and practitioners need to promote good practices of humanitarian assistance. This includes: developing mechanisms that promote transparency and social accountability in all steps of assistance, including verification mechanisms that specifically target local chiefs and aid camps in coordination with aid frontline staff promoting protection and dignity, including preventing and combating sexual exploitation and abuse working to shift decision-making power to national and local humanitarian actors, as well as para-humanitarian stakeholders proactive preparedness for epidemics and outbreaks prioritising services in collaboration with local communities, where replacement funds cannot be secured.

As humanitarian needs intensify amid increasingly complex crises and shrinking resources, the demand for credible, timely, and useful evidence has

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ALNAP ’s flagship report draws together a huge body of evidence including exclusive research with practitioners and crisis-affected people and all publicly available evaluations of humanitarian response.

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Funding cuts in 2025 left women, children, older and displaced people hard hit, with 64m fewer people receiving aid

Join us for the online launch of the State of the Humanitarian System (SOHS) report 2026 at 09:00 UTC to explore the findings from the report and discussions on key themes.

Join us for the online launch of the State of the Humanitarian System (SOHS) report 2026 at 09:00 UTC to explore the findings from the report and discussions on key themes.