Africa-Press Ethiopia<\/p>\n
The European Union pledged an additional 23.7 million euros ($29 million) in aid to deal with the fallout of fighting in Ethiopia\u2019s Tigray region.<\/p>\n
\u201cTigray is on the edge of a humanitarian catastrophe which risks destabilizing the whole neighborhood,\u201d the EU said in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The United Nations on Thursday approved $35.6 million to support civilians affected by fighting that began on Nov. 4, with thousands of people displaced and an unknown number dead or injured. Access to basic services has been disrupted because of insecurity and a lack of communications.<\/p>\n
Aid Groups Struggle to Access Ethiopian Tigray Region After Deal<\/p>\n
Humanitarian partners of the EU working in Ethiopia will receive 18.8 million euros of the extra funding, bringing \u201ctotal humanitarian support for Ethiopia in 2020 to 63.2 million euros,\u201d the EU said.<\/p>\n
Sudan, where more than 50,000 people have fled since the conflict began, will get 2 million euros, while Kenya will be allocated 2.9 million euros to deal with deteriorating conditions in refugee camps facing a major food crisis, it said.<\/p>\n
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said he had to take on the Tigray People\u2019s Liberation Front, which for 27 years dominated the government, after it last month seized the federal army\u2019s Northern Command. Defeat of the TPLF would remove a major hurdle to democratic and market reforms.<\/p>\n
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Africa-Press Ethiopia The European Union pledged an additional 23.7 million euros ($29 million) in aid to deal with the fallout of fighting in Ethiopia\u2019s Tigray region. \u201cTigray is on the edge of a humanitarian catastrophe which risks destabilizing the whole neighborhood,\u201d the EU said in a statement on Saturday. The United Nations on Thursday approved […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[241,273,236],"class_list":["post-898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press-ethiopia","tag-minister-abiy-ahmed","tag-tigray"],"yoast_head":"\n