Press Release: The European Commission boosts its humanitarian aid in Mali as crisis response Commissioner visits the country to assess needs

The European Commission is boosting again its humanitarian aid for the Mali crisis with €20 million – a needed increase that will help respond to the escalating crisis in the country where large numbers of people are fleeing from the conflict and thousands of children are severely malnourished.

The European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, Kristalina Georgieva, was in Mali on 22 January 2013 assessing the situation to determine how the aid can be spent to reach maximum impact.

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