Brussels, 21/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - Thirty-six ACP states (Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific) connected with the EU through the Cotonou Agreement, will be receiving a total of €700 million more aid to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDG), announced the European Commission on Wednesday 21 December. The extra cash will come from the European Development Fund's MDG initiative announced at the UN summit on the mid-term review of the MDG in September 2010.
The cash, part of...