EU steps up aid to famine-stricken Somalis

On the 27 July 2011 the EU said it would double its humanitarian aid to €158 million in Somalia referring to the 'very dramatic' drought and famine in the country.

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Die Tageszeitung, 28.7.11: How to really help Somalia (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/809641-how-really-help-somalia

European Commission: RAPID: Press Release, IP/11/932: Humanitarian Aid: new funding for famine and drought victims in the Horn of Africa http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/932&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Press Release, IP/11/951: Helping Somalia recover and develop: European Commission to invest extra €175 million in governance, education and food security http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/951&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: Memo/11/549: Horn of Africa–EU Development Work in the region http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/549&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

ABC, 16.8.11: How Europe can help (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/article/862301-how-europe-can-help

European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/11/536: The humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa and the European Commission’s humanitarian response http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/536&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: DG Humanitarian Aid & Civil Protection: News - Famine in the Southern Somalia http://ec.europa.eu/echo/news/2011/20110720_en.htm

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