UN seeks record $51.5 billion aid 'lifeline' next year

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows a section of the Al-cadaala camp of the internally displaced people following the famine in Somalia's capital Mogadishu March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations and partners on Thursday launched an appeal for a record $51.5 billion in aid money for 2023, with tens of millions of additional people expected to need humanitarian assistance.

The U.N. Global Humanitarian Overview estimates that an extra 65 million people will need help next year, bringing the total to 339 million in 68 countries.