French NGOs angry over drastic cuts to overseas aid budget

A child's arm is measured at a center set up by World Food Programme and Action Against Hunger, in the village of Beraketa, in the far south of Madagascar. AP - Laetitia Bezain

France's announcement of a cut in its development aid has prompted an angry response from French NGOs working abroad, especially in the Middle East and Africa.

"It’s a real dampener," says Olivier Bruyeron, the president of Coordination SUD, which brings together 180 French associations and NGOs internationally.