Brussels, 18/11/2011 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to step up by €10 million its emergency humanitarian aid for saving lives in the Sahel region, hit by drought and bad harvests and surging food prices. The funds, from the ECHO (European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office) budget, will be used to save 1 million people in a rapidly developing food crisis. This includes 500,000 men, women and children from the most vulnerable households in the worst affected...