EU to increase humanitarian aid for Sahel region

The European Union Monday announced that it will give 156 million euro in humanitarian funding in 2015 to the Sahel region.
This new aid has been announced by EU Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides, who is currently on a visit to Senegal and Mali.
“Sahel is the poorest region in the world and must continue to be our high priority. We need to prevent acute malnutrition and food insecurity from becoming a norm in West Africa”, said Stylianides in a statement.
EU humanitarian aid for the Sahel will go to several priorities this year: 32 million euro will help assist the victims of malnutrition and the security crisis in Mali, 8 million euro will be used to help contain the food and security crisis in Nigeria.
35 million euro will go to Chad to tackle malnutrition and help the increasing number of refugees coming from the Central African Republic and 4.4 million euro in support for the malnourished people and refugees from Central African Republic in Cameroon.
20.6 million euro will be used to support partners that work at the regional level in West Africa to fight food insecurity and malnutrition. The rest of the funds (56 million euro) will cover malnutrition and food assistance in the rest of the Sahel countries (Senegal, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Niger, Gambia), he noted.