The European Commission announced today 36 million euros in humanitarian aid that will reach six countries across Southern Africa and the Indian Ocean region. According to the EU Commission’s figures, “over 20 million people face acute food insecurity, and conflict in northern Mozambique continues to drive one of the world’s most severe displacement crises”. Commissioner Lahbib will go to Maputo today to discuss the EU’s humanitarian response to floods and how to better prepare for future disasters, “as major donors have scaled back operations across the region”. She will meet with the President of Mozambique, Daniel Chapo. “When a crisis stops making headlines, the suffering doesn’t stop. The EU stays, that’s what it means to be a principled donor. As other partners retreat and humanitarian law faces unprecedented strain, EU aid continues to reach people in need, wherever they are”, the Commissioner stated. 20 of those 36 million euros will go to Mozambique, where over 610,000 people are displaced by conflict in Cabo Delgado and floods have compounded the crisis since December. “This funding covers food assistance, healthcare, protection, clean water and education for children cut off from school by violence and disaster”. The remaining 16 million euros address humanitarian needs, with a focus on malnutrition and health emergencies in Angola, Madagascar, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe.