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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9279

5 October 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/drc
Further €5 million in humanitarian aid for victims of conflict in Katanga

Brussels, 04/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission decided to allocate a further €5 million to assist the most vulnerable people affected by the recent conflict between the army and irregular militias in the south east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The humanitarian consequences of the conflict have been grave, with 300,000 people affected, says the Commission in a press release. In central Katanga, most villages and crops have been looted or...

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