Central African Republic: Funding cuts put humanitarian support at risk Edem Wosornu, Director of OCHA ’s Crisis Response Division, was speaking to journalists fresh from her first-ever visit to the country, which “is determined to get itself out of crisis mode .” For years, the CAR has had “a good funding outlook”, with humanitarian appeals garnering 95 per cent support. However, the 2025 plan was less than 40 per cent funded and only 17 per cent of the $268 million needed this year has been received to date. Fears of a return to ‘crisis mode’ “ The country is fragile, but the country is hopeful ,” she said, but warned that “if we don't sustain the funding, we will see ourselves slipping back into crisis mode –a context, a situation, we can't afford.” The CAR has faced recurrent cycles of conflict since 2013, when predominantly Muslim Séléka rebels seized…