Press Release: Freeze EU aid to the Burundi government, say MEPs

The European Parliament approved on 17 December 2015 a resolution welcoming consultations under the Cotonou Agreement between the European Union and Burundi, which could lead to suspension of EU aid to the country's government.

The resolution ask the European Union and its member states to consider re-directing non-humanitarian EU aid to civil society in Burundi. It also highlights growing insecurity, the lack of political moves towards reconciliation and worsening humanitarian conditions in a country that tops the Global Hunger Index.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: EU in last ditch bid to avoid Burundi turmoil http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-in-last-ditch-bid-to-avoid-burundi-turmoil/

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