The European Union is to set aside 165.7m euros (£114m) for humanitarian aid to 10 African countries which it says are ravaged by "silent tsunamis".

 

EU Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Louis Michel said many disasters - flood, drought, and conflict - do not hit the headlines but still cause suffering.

 

Sudan, which has largest population of internally displaced people, is to be the biggest beneficiary - 48m euros.

 

The projects will be implemented by relief agencies in the target regions.

 

Specific projects are outlined in the report.

 

They include relief for the so-called night commuters in northern Uganda - children who abandon their homes for fear of abduction - and clean water for the Comoros after another volcanic eruption.

 

EU AID FOR AFRICA

 

Sudan: 48m (euros)

DRC: 38m

Burundi: 17m

Liberia: 16.4m

Uganda: 15m

Chad: 13.5m

Tanzania: 11.5m

Cote d'Ivoire: 5.2m

Comoros: 600,000

Madagascar: 500,000

         

 

 

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