IP Eastern and Southern Africa

EU allocates €294.2 million in humanitarian funding for East and Southern Africa

The EU has allocated €294.2 million in humanitarian funding to assist vulnerable populations in East and Southern Africa.

The funding will be allocated to projects in the following countries and regions: Djibouti (€500,000), Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the Great Lakes region (€44 million), Ethiopia (€48 million), Kenya (€13 million), Somalia (€41 million), Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean region (€27 million), South Sudan (€41.7 million), Sudan (€40 million), Uganda (€30 million). An additional €9 million will be allocated to addressing the Burundi refugee situation in the DRC, Rwanda and Tanzania and the continued voluntary repatriation to and reintegration in Burundi.

Source: EU in Ethiopia