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US Providing Nearly $154 Million in Additional Humanitarian Funding for Ethiopia, State Dept. Says

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The United States is providing $154 million in additional funding for humanitarian needs in Ethiopia resulting from conflict, insecurity and climate shocks, the US State Department said on Tuesday. The new funding will bring the total US assistance for Ethiopia to about $243 million since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2024, the release said. Ethiopia is currently home to more than one million refugees, including more than 130,000 new displaced persons from Sudan and Somali who fled conflicts there since 2023, the document added.

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US Providing Nearly $154 Million in Additional Humanitarian Funding for Ethiopia, State Dept. Says

09:59 17.04.2024

© AP Photo / Ben CurtisAn Ethiopian woman scoops up portions of wheat to be allocated to each waiting family after it was distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021.

An Ethiopian woman scoops up portions of wheat to be allocated to each waiting family after it was distributed by the Relief Society of Tigray in the town of Agula, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021. - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 17.04.2024

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Last June, the US suspended food aid to Ethiopia over an alleged massive corruption scheme by local officials to steal donated products. However, four months later, it committed to a one-year trial of resuming food assistance across the African country.

The United States is providing $154 million in additional funding for humanitarian needs in Ethiopia resulting from conflict, insecurity and climate shocks, the US State Department said on Tuesday.

"The United States, through the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration and USAID, is providing nearly $154 million in additional assistance for the humanitarian response in Ethiopia to address urgent needs resulting from conflict, insecurity, and climate shocks," the State Department said in a press release.

The new funding will bring the total US assistance for Ethiopia to about $243 million since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2024, the release said.

Ethiopia is currently home to more than one million refugees, including more than 130,000 new displaced persons from Sudan and Somali who fled conflicts there since 2023, the document added.