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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11831

18 July 2017
EXTERNAL ACTION / Humanitarian aid
EU calls on donors to increase aid to reduce famine risk in three African countries and Yemen
Brussels, 17/07/2017 (Agence Europe)

The EU and its member states have collectively provided more than €1.2 billion this year alone in humanitarian assistance to address the risk of famine that hangs over 20 million people in Yemen, north-east Nigeria, Somalia and South Sudan. But this will not be enough to meet the needs of these people, the Council of the EU said on Monday 17 July.

In conclusions adopted without debate on the sidelines of the meeting of foreign affairs ministers, the Council underlines the seriousness of...

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