Fri 19 March 2021:
The United States on Thursday said it will provide another nearly $52 million in aid to address the humanitarian conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Thursday.
“The United States is providing an additional nearly $52 million in assistance to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region,” Blinken said.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a statement announcing the aid, also urged the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean forces, an end to the Ethiopian government’s deployment of regional forces in the region and increased humanitarian access.
These efforts allow international organizations to support about 4.5 million people in need in Tigray and nearly 62,000 refugees who have fled to Sudan, Blinken said.
“This funding will also help our partners re-establish contact between family members who have been separated due to the conflict,” he said.
This latest round of funding brings the total amount of US assistance for the crisis to $153 million, he added.
