EU to provide Mozambique with $116m in coronavirus aid
EU ambassador says the aid will focus on helping with the socioeconomic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic
02 November 2020 - 22:23
Maputo — The EU will provide Mozambique with €100m in coronavirus-related aid, EU ambassador Antonio Sanchez-Benedito Gaspar said on Monday.
The EU cut off direct budget support to Mozambique in 2016 after the country revealed the existence of hefty state-guaranteed loans that it had not previously disclosed. A number of other donors including the International Monetary Fund also halted aid to Mozambique...
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