APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) The European Union on Friday announced a new funding of €22 million in humanitarian aid for the most vulnerable people in Ethiopia.
The announcement came after the EU Council announced on April 25 that it looks forward to “a normalization of relations with Ethiopia.”
The fund is said to support and assist those suffering from the impact of conflict and displacement including refugees, drought and other climate-related hazards, and epidemics, according to a press release sent to Addis Standard.
This amount adds to the 60.5 million EUR announced earlier this year for Ethiopia to support actions for conflict- and drought-affected populations, bringing the total of EU humanitarian funding support in Ethiopia to 82.5 million EUR in 2023. The figure shows the total amount of funding of 4.8 billion Ethiopian birr.
“Against the backdrop of the widespread humanitarian needs in Ethiopia, the EU has mobilized this additional funding to continue supporting humanitarian organizations in the country to scale up their emergency, life-saving assistance to the people in need,” said Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarcic.
Humanitarian needs in Ethiopia are massive, resulting from the two-year conflict in the north of the country, Tigray and where the conflict escalated to Amhara and Afar regions, a devastating and prolonged drought in Oromia and Somali regions of Southwestern and Southeastern parts of Ethiopia, large population displacements, as well as additional conflict hotspots and localized conflicts, according to the statement.
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