{"id":24141,"date":"2023-11-16T11:03:31","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T11:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/ethiopia-welcomes-usaid-decision-to-resume-food-assistance"},"modified":"2023-11-16T12:33:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T12:33:00","slug":"ethiopia-welcomes-usaid-decision-to-resume-food-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/ethiopia-welcomes-usaid-decision-to-resume-food-assistance","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia Welcomes USAID Decision to Resume Food Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ethiopia. <\/strong><\/span>Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Demeke Mekonnen has welcomed the decision of the USAID to resume food assistance in Ethiopia.<\/p>\n<p>The Ethiopian government has always been committed to ensuring that humanitarian food assistance reaches only to those in need, he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last five months, it (the government) has demonstrated its unwavering commitment to further enhance the aid delivery system by taking important reform measures in close coordination and cooperation with the USAID, as well other bilateral and multilateral partners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With the robust system put in place jointly, the deputy premier and minister of foreign affairs pointed out that it is imperative to expedite the food aid resumption process to reach to all those in need.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\">Ethiopia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ethiopia. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Demeke Mekonnen has welcomed the decision of the USAID to resume food assistance in Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government has always been committed to ensuring that humanitarian food assistance reaches only to those in need, he said. \u201cIn the last five months, it (the government) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":24140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,277,235],"class_list":["post-24141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-ethiopia-2","tag-ethiopia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ethiopia Welcomes USAID Decision to Resume Food Assistance - Ethiopia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Demeke Mekonnen has welcomed the decision of the USAID to resume f ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/ethiopia-welcomes-usaid-decision-to-resume-food-assistance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ethiopia Welcomes USAID Decision to Resume Food Assistance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Demeke Mekonnen has welcomed the decision of the USAID to resume f ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/ethiopia-welcomes-usaid-decision-to-resume-food-assistance\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ethiopia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-16T11:03:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-11-16T12:33:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2023\/11\/sm_1700121542.766811.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"530\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/ethiopia-welcomes-usaid-decision-to-resume-food-assistance#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/ethiopia-welcomes-usaid-decision-to-resume-food-assistance\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Ethiopia Welcomes USAID Decision to Resume Food Assistance\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-16T11:03:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-16T12:33:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/ethiopia-welcomes-usaid-decision-to-resume-food-assistance\"},\"wordCount\":140,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/ethiopia-welcomes-usaid-decision-to-resume-food-assistance#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/sites\/50\/2023\/11\/sm_1700121542.766811.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Ethiopia\",\"ethiopia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/ethiopia-welcomes-usaid-decision-to-resume-food-assistance#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/ethiopia-welcomes-usaid-decision-to-resume-food-assistance\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ethiopia\/all-news\/ethiopia-welcomes-usaid-decision-to-resume-food-assistance\",\"name\":\"Ethiopia Welcomes USAID Decision to Resume Food Assistance - 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