Out of a total of €181.5 million in humanitarian aid from the EU budget in 2023 for West and Central Africa - one of the poorest and most fragile regions in the world - up to €111 million will go to West African countries. The total envelope and the new country allocations within it were announced by the European Commission at a bilateral meeting with ECOWAS on Monday 6 February in Brussels.
€25.5 million in new money is earmarked for Burkina Faso, €26 million for Mali,...