The European Union has decided to increase its emergency humanitarian aid to intensify the fight against the Ebola virus and food insecurity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The news was announced on Monday 2 December by the EU Ambassador to the African Union, Ranieri Sabatucci, at the Africa Against Ebola: A Private Sector and Partners Forum organised by the African Union.
The bulk of the funding, €40 million, which comes from the ECHO budget (the Commission’s Humanitarian...