Press Release: Three months of famine: European Commission increases its aid to Horn of Africa

The European Commission is mobilising an additional €24 million to assist vulnerable people threatened by famine and the effects of drought in the Horn of Africa.

The extra funding is on top of the €160 million provided by the Commission so far. It is announced three months since famine was declared by the United Nations in parts of Somalia and will provide food, water and treatment for malnourished children, as well as increasing protection and security for refugees and humanitarian aid workers at Dadaab camp in north-east Kenya.

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European Commission: Speech/11/897: Kristalina Georgieva: The role and the coherence of EU policies in changing the global food system http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/11/897&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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