Brussels, 19/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission is increasing its humanitarian aid funding to Mali by €22 million to assist the victims of the conflict within the country. The decision was announced on Tuesday 19 February the day after the Foreign Affairs Council had confirmed the EU's humanitarian commitment to the people of Mali (see EUROPE 10788).
The funding, which comes from the ECHO budget (European Commission's Humanitarian Office), will allow food aid to be stepped...