EU INCREASES FOOD AID AS AFRICA BURNS OVER PRICE RISES
April 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is to increase money available for emergency food aid within its European Development Funds budget from Euro 650 million to Euro 1.2 billion following food riots in Africa. Unrest has wracked Egypt this week over basic food prices doubling in 12 months. Food riots have also struck Cameroon, Senegal, the Ivory Coast, and Mauritania recently. The UN has blamed increasing biofuel production, demand for food from China and India, and weak harvests for both price rises and food shortages. EU development Commissioner Louis ...
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