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Bloomberg: EU Gives $178 Million More to Combat East Africa Famine, Drought
Posted by: Semere Asmelash
Date: Monday, 20 March 2017
EU Gives $178 Million More to Combat East Africa Famine, Drought
by Okech Francis
20 maart 2017
The European Union said it’s giving an extra 165 million euros ($178 million) to battle humanitarian crises in East Africa, including a famine in South Sudan and drought in Somalia.
From the total, 100 million euros will be allocated to help responses to the crisis in South Sudan and an influx of its refugees to neighboring countries, the EU said Monday in an emailed statement. Humanitarian assistance for droughts in Somalia, Ethiopia and Kenya will be targeted with 65 million euros.
The new funds will “scale up and strengthen” the more than 400 million euros that the EU allocated last year to address the crises and the impact of the El Nino weather phenomenon on the region, the EU said.
The world’s first
declaration of famine
since 2011 was made last month in parts of South Sudan, where a civil war has raged for three years. Somalia, itself roiled by decades of conflict, is facing mass hunger due to drought that was declared a national disaster on Feb. 28.
Source : https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-03-20/eu-gives-178-million-more-to-combat-east-africa-famine-drought
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