Brussels, 10/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission approved the granting of EUR 8.8 million to the ECHO Flight so that the supply in humanitarian aid to Somalia, Southern Sudan and the Horn of Africa may continue by the air.
This financing will enable ECHO (the Community humanitarian office) and other humanitarian agencies to continue until the end of April 2001 the operations lead from Nairobi (Kenya) to answer the urgent evacuation needs due to sanitary and security...