Press Release: Central African Republic: European Union flies in emergency aid relief

On 12 December 2013 the European Commission decided to send urgently needed medical assistance to the Central African Republic (CAR). A plane carrying 37 tonnes of relief supplies will leave Brussels for the CAR capital Bangui on 14 December. This new airlift operation comes on top of a humanitarian air bridge operated by the EU between Bangui and Douala (Cameroon).

On 16 December 2013, the European Commission announced that it is increasing its humanitarian aid by €18.5 million to the Central African Republic (CAR) to provide immediate life-saving assistance to the most vulnerable suffering in a crisis which has affected the country's entire population of 4.6 million.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: EU commits to funding the African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-eu-commits-to-funding-the-african-led-international-support-mission-in-the-central-african-republic/

European Commission: RAPID: Press Release, IP/13/1263: Central African Republic: EU scales up humanitarian aid http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-13-1263_en.pdf

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