International

SP Member of Parliament Ewout Irrgang says he is "very pleased" by the decision of Development Cooperation Minister Bert Koenders to grant an additional €9 million in emergency aid to Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea. The SP development spokesman last week asked the minister to consider increasing the aid as a response to threatened famine.

“The minister has today responded to our call for extra emergency aid for the Horn of Africa. According to the UN more than fourteen million people in this region are dependent on food distribution and other aid. If something isn't done, and quickly, there'll be a famine even worse than that of the early '90s, when hundreds of thousands died. Additional emergency aid is urgently needed."