The European Commission has released €1 million in emergency aid to help combat the locust invasion that is ravaging crops and pastures in East Africa, threatening to cause a humanitarian crisis, the European Commission announced on Tuesday 18 February.
This is initial aid that can be mobilised very quickly, in response to the appeal for international generosity, launched by the UN Secretary-General António Guterres, to contain this scourge, which has reached levels not seen in the last...