Amb Kadré Ouedraogo, President of the ECOWAS Commission, said the Commission has budgeted 15 million dollars to finance humanitarian aid for refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs).

He said the ECOWAS member states and donor partners were involved in offering humanitarian aid to refugees and internally displaced persons created by the crises in Mali and Guinea Bissau.

Ouedraogo said that the part of the mandate of the ECOWAS standby force would be to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian services in the affected areas.

Source: All Africa News