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.