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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8420
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/humanitarian aid

2 million euro for Congo-Brazzaville

Brussels, 13/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to grant almost 2 million euro of humanitarian aid to Congo-Brazzaville. Of this sum, financed via Echo (the Humanitarian Office), 500,000 euro will go to fight the Ebola virus epidemic, and 1.4 million euro will cover between President Sasou Nguesso's troops, and Pastor Ntoumi's "Ninja" militia.

The Ebola virus epidemic, which broke out last January, has already led to 77 deaths out of 95 detected cases. It directly...

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