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EU approves $50 million for humanitarian efforts

    NAIROBI
    The European Commission on Thursday announced its approval of humanitarian aid worth over US$ 50 million (53.31 million euros) for the Great Lakes region to enable humanitarian partners of the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO) carry out programmes for the remainder of the year. Almost US$ 20 million will go to WFP to distribute emergency food aid to refugees, displaced people and vulnerable populations in Tanzania, the DRC and the Republic of Congo, according to a press release received by IRIN. The remainder will go to UN and international Red Cross agencies coordinating NGO humanitarian efforts in Burundi, the Republic of Congo, the DRC, Rwanda and Tanzania.

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