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Today, as part of the first-ever Africa-Europe Week, the European Commission co-hosts a panel on international humanitarian law (IHL)
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The European Commission has allocated €294.2 million in humanitarian funding to assist vulnerable populations in East and Southern Africa in 2022.
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The European Commission has announced its humanitarian funding for North Africa for 2022.
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In response to the widespread floods that ravaged most parts of Iran last month, the EU is providing €100,000 in humanitarian funding to assist the most affected communities.
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Today, the European Commission’s Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations department launched its policy on humanitarian logistics. It sets out our vision for the future of logistics across the humanitarian sector.
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The European Commission is providing emergency assistance to the people of Madagascar after powerful cyclone Batsirai made landfall over the central-eastern coast of the island on 5 February 2022.
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Today, the European Commission has announced it will allocate €21 million for disaster preparedness and humanitarian aid in the Philippines, Nepal and other South East Asian countries. The funding will support people affected by natural hazards, COVID-19 and conflict.
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The EU is reaffirming its solidarity with vulnerable people in countries in West and Central Africa through a humanitarian budget of €175 million in 2022.
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Education is essential to the global recovery and the achievement of all Sustainable Development Goals. It is a fundamental right and the foundation of resilient, peaceful and sustainable societies
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In the past weeks, the international community has been witnessing with great concern a rapid intensification of hostilities in Yemen and the region,