EU cuts aid to Gambia over human rights concerns

The European Union announced it had withdrawn €13 million of aid due to lack of progress in several areas of human rights, including the introduction of a tough law against homosexuality.

This would have been the last slice of a €75 million aid package that was set to run for six years from 2007 in one of Africa's smallest and poorest nations.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Schulz: Cut aid to African countries with anti-gay laws http://www.europeansources.info/record/europe-reconsiders-uganda-aid-following-anti-gay-law-schulz-cut-aid-to-african-countries-with-anti-gay-laws/

EurActiv, 12.03.15: Human rights violations in Gambia prompt donors to cut aid http://www.euractiv.com/sections/development-policy/human-rights-violations-gambia-prompt-donors-cut-aid-312842

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