Many of Ethiopia’s international partners have suspended their assistance since the outbreak of the conflict between the federal government and the rebels in the Tigray region in November 2020, which witnessed a large number of violations and led to a serious humanitarian crisis.
And the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance announced in a statement the signing of a “financing agreement” between Ethiopia and the World Bank that includes first “600 million dollars (200 million dollars in donations and 400 million in credits) to establish the Food Systems Resilience Program.”“.
The agreement then provides for a $115 million grant under the “risk reduction” program“.
An unprecedented drought has wiped out herds in the Horn of Africa, deprived pastoral communities of resources and threatened more than 16 million people with starvation, according to the United Nations..
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed spoke for the first time on June 14 about the possibility of future peace negotiations with the rebels in the Tigray region, revealing the formation of a “committee” on this issue..
The fighting has stopped since the end of March thanks to a “humanitarian” truce decided and accepted by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
But the humanitarian situation in Tigray, which is deprived of basic services such as communications, the Internet and banks, is catastrophic, according to humanitarian organizations.
The Ethiopian government re-allowed aid to enter Tigray by land after a three-month hiatus, and convoys returned to deliver it on April 1.
But the aid sent since April is not enough to “meet the growing needs” of the region, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
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