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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10194
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/humanitarian aid

Commission proposes using €40 million from budget reserve to help Sahel and Sudan

Brussels, 03/08/2010 (Agence Europe) - In response to the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Sahel and Sudan, the European Commission is requesting that funds are used from the budgetary reserve for emergency aid. €30 million of this would be used to help those most vulnerable in the Sahel and who require emergency food aid. €10 million will be orientated to those in need in Sudan. This announcement was made on Tuesday 3 August by the Commission in a press release.

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