BRUSSELS, Dec. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- The European Commission, the executive of the European Union (EU), has approved a series of humanitarian aid decisions for Africa worth 165.7 million euros (about 198.8 million US dollars), the EC announced here on Monday.

    In a press release emailed to Xinhua, the EC said the bulk of the resources are allocated in "Global Plans" for large-scale aid operations in 2006 in countries experiencing ongoing crises.

    Assistance is being provided for vulnerable people in 10 countries: Burundi (17 million euros), Chad (13.5 million euros), Comoros (600,000 euros), the Democratic Republic of Congo (38 million euros), Cote d'Ivoire (5.2 million euros), Liberia (16.4 million euros), Madagascar (500,000 euros), Sudan (48 million euros), Tanzania (11.5 million euros) and Uganda (15 million euros).

    "Today we remember the victims of the tsunami in South East Asia. But millions of vulnerable people in Africa are exposed to natural disasters like droughts, floods and insect infestations aswell as armed conflicts," said Louis Michel, European Commissionerfor Development and Humanitarian Aid.

    "These are silent tsunamis," the commissioner stressed, adding that the EC will continue to address these crises.

    The above assistance funds are managed by the Humanitarian Aid department of the EC under the responsibility of Louis Michel. Projects will be implemented by relief agencies operating in the target regions. Enditem