I’m intrigued by reports (Word doc) that the EU’s Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Louis Michel, chartered a series of planes at €60,000 a time to fly around Africa.

This was in the context of diplomatic efforts to achieve peace in Somalia.

Some humanitarian aid!

It is currently being reported that on a number of occasions Commissioner Louis Michel instructed a private aircraft to be chartered at a cost of EUR 60,000 for the flight from Addis Ababa to Asmara (with a short stopover in Djibouti).