On the second day of the visit of European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Christos Stylianides to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday 26 March, the European Commission announced that in the face of the worsening humanitarian crisis in the country and its impact on the Great Lakes region, the EU is to commit €60 million in emergency aid.
Stylianides travelled to the DRC to assess the humanitarian situation on the ground, particularly in North Kivu where 1.5 million people...