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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11605
EXTERNAL ACTION / Humanitarian aid

EU increases its emergency aid to victims of Boko Haram in Africa by €12.5 million

The European Union has increased its emergency humanitarian aid to the countries of the Lake Chad basin by €12.5 million to assist the populations which have been the victims of the terrorist organisation Boko Haram in Nigeria, Niger and Cameroon.

The financing decision was made on Thursday 4 August, in response to the worsening humanitarian crisis caused by the forcible displacement of millions of people. A sum of €9 million will go to Nigeria, €2 million to Cameroon and €1.5...