Month: February 2016

US announces $97 million in additional food assistance for Ethiopia

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Gayle Smith announced an additional $97 million in emergency assistance for Ethiopia today, to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis resulting from the impacts of the El Niño phenomenon.   According to a press statement from the US Embassy in Addis Abeba, the additional contribution includes more than 176,000 metric tons of food to…

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