During her visit to Africa in April, the convoy of an ambassador for the UN, Samantha Power, accidentally hit and killed a seven-year-old Cameroonian boy. Power was on her way to meet with persons displaced by Boko Haram in Moloko, Cameroon when the incident occurred.

It was reported that her convoy was moving at high speed when seven-year-old Birwe Toussem left the crowd that had lined up on either side of the road, crossed onto the highway and was fatally hit by one of the cars in the convoy.

Months later, the US has provided the bereaved family with the sum of 1million XAF ($1, 692) as compensation. The Associated Press report that the family also received compensation in the form of food provisions including two cows, rice, flour, salt, onions, sugar, soap and oil.

According to reports from the BBC, officials of the US department of state said that a well will be built in Toussem’s community to provide fresh drinking water for the residents. This contributing act was described as a “compensation package commensurate with local custom, as well as the needs of the family and village.”

An additional 5 million francs was donated to Toussem’s family by the Cameroonian government, local aid organisations and the United Nations. So far, the bereaved family appears to have received compensation of approximately $10,000.

Jeffrey Loree, spokesman of the US department of state said that US diplomats have paid occasional visits to the family even after the accident and “will continue to provide all the support possible.”