Very few will ever forget the worldwide humanitarian efforts spearheaded by the BandAid movement to help relieve the famine of 1984-5. Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel spoke to ITV News on a trip to the vast new industrial park in the town of Hawasa, south of the capital Addis Ababa. Priti Patel was adamant that this new focus for UK aid was not simply about moving away from traditional humanitarian aid, saying that the UK has a strong commitment to life-saving emergency aid and would never shy away from that. Secretary of State for International Development Priti Patel. People wait for food and water as a drought hits the region Credit: APBut she stressed that spending aid and development money on helping countries create factories where international investors would create jobs was fundamentally in Britain’s interest.

Source: Ethiopian News January 31, 2017 08:15 UTC