(VOVWORLD) - The European Union has released 5.4 million euros (6 million USD) in aid for six West and Central African countries hit by deadly floods, the EU's delegation in Chad said Wednesday.
 Many houses are submerged in floodwaters in Ahoada, Nigeria. (Archive photo: AFP/VNA) |
That humanitarian aid was to help the worst-affected populations following the devastating floods in Chad, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Mali, and Burkina Faso, it said in a statement.
The EU package allocates 1.35 million euros to Niger, 1.1 million euros to Nigeria, 1 million euros each to Chad and Mali, 650,000 euros to Cameroon, and 350,000 euros to Burkina Faso.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has already released 3 million USD in emergency aid to Nigeria, where almost 650,000 people have fled the floods.
Since the rainy season began, heavy rains have damaged several regions in Africa, killing more than 1,500 people, adversely affecting four million, and displacing 1.2 million more in those six countries and Guinea.