"We are lifting some restrictions on certain kinds of assistance while pausing food aid," Kirby said. "This decision, we believe, expands the tools available to us to bolster our support for a durable peace in Ethiopia." ADVERTISEMENTThe United States State Department stated that their help will promote peace and reconciliation. The United States Agency for International Development said earlier this month that it was halting food aid to Ethiopia because donations were being diverted from individuals in need, and the United Nations World Food Programme followed suit a day later. ADVERTISEMENTMore than 20 million people in Africa's second most populous country require food aid, owing primarily to the worst drought in decades in the Horn of Africa and the war in northern Ethiopia.

Source: Ethiopian News July 01, 2023 11:57 UTC