European subsidy for Sudan amounts to $50 million

A Sudanese source said the European Commission decided spend $49.5 million to aid the victims of the famine in south Sudan.

This aid will contribute to financing operations implemented by different international organizations including the World Food Program, the United Nations UNICEF Fund, the International Committee of the Red Cross and non-governmental organizations in south Sudan. A big part of this aid will be specified for rescue operations in Bahr El-Ghazal state.

The total humanitarian aid granted so far in 1998 by the European Union to Sudan reached $72.6 million.

The source said: "Germany spent $1.1 million as an additional aid for combating famine in Sudan."