Brussels, 20/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - Three months after the state of famine was declared in Somalia, the humanitarian situation continues to grow worse in the Horn of Africa. On Thursday 20 October, the European Commission therefore decided to grant a further €24 million in humanitarian aid to assist vulnerable people suffering from the effects of drought in the Horn of Africa region where, today, 13 million people are threatened with famine.
The funds, which come from ECHO (the...