The European Commission is mobilising a further €15 million to help East African countries contain the locust invasion, which is having a disastrous impact on livelihoods and food security in an already vulnerable region.
This decision was announced by the Commission on Wednesday 8 July at an informal ministerial meeting on the Horn of Africa hosted by Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto.
The Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, the African Union Commissioner...