Ouagadougou: The American Agency for International Development (USAID) announced humanitarian aid of nearly $176 million to benefit communities in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Mauritania, according to the Nigerien press agency, citing a press release from the American representation in Niamey.
According to the press release dated June 3, ‘this additional funding from USAID, which includes funds from the recently adopted bipartisan supplemental appropriation, will support communities in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Nigeria faced with humanitarian needs,’ specifies the ANP.
The American representation explains in the press release that this support will allow ‘our partners to reach more people with food assistance, nutrition, clean water, emergency health care and protection for the most vulnerable, as well as other essential assistance.
The countries receiving this American aid have been facing waves of terrorist attacks for two decades and in the face
of which the various interventions of the United States were not effective until certain partners asked them to leave their territories.
Source:Burkina Information Agency