France offers €50m earthquake aid

France offered Algeria a loan of up to €50m to help its former colony rebuild after a devastating earthquake killed more than 2,200 people and flattened entire villages.

France offers €50m earthquake aid
Sun, 01 Jun, 2003 - 15:04

France offered Algeria a loan of up to €50m to help its former colony rebuild after a devastating earthquake killed more than 2,200 people and flattened entire villages.

Algerian Finance Minister Abdelatif Benachenhou was in Paris yesterday for talks with French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin and several Cabinet members.

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