The EU Allocates over 26 Million Euros for Additional Humanitarian Aid in East Africa

The regions of the Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes continue to face multiple and overlapping humanitarian crises, exacerbated by conflicts and disasters related to climate change. To help mitigate the consequences, the Commission has allocated additional humanitarian funding of 26.7 million euros to South Sudan, Uganda, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, mainly to support people recently displaced in their efforts to escape conflicts and climate events.
In South Sudan, where approximately 2,000 people arrive daily from neighboring Sudan, the additional funding of 6.4 million euros will support humanitarian action in border areas. Of the new arrivals – refugees and returnees from South Sudan – 70% are women and children, and 1 in 5 is malnourished.
In Somalia, about 2 million people will need urgent humanitarian assistance as a result of conflicts, floods, and the cholera epidemic before the end of 2023. The additional 5.5 million euros will support overall humanitarian action in the country.
An amount of 1.5 million euros will strengthen food security in Uganda, for a refugee population of over 1.5 million – with more than 220,000 new arrivals since January 2022.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, 13.3 million euros will support the expansion of humanitarian aid amid escalating violence and deteriorating humanitarian conditions.