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US provides over US$181 million to avert famine in Tigray, Ethiopia
FILE PHOTO: Residents carry jerrycans along a street in Dansha town in Tigray Region, Ethiopia November 9, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
10 Jun 2021 07:19AM Share this content
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WASHINGTON: The United States is providing more than US$181 million to deliver food, water and aid to feed more than three million people it said were facing famine in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, where thousands have been killed since conflict erupted in November.
The aid, provided through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), will provide enough food to feed three million people for nearly two months as well as seeds, tools and fertilizers to help farmers replant crops, according to a statement from USAID.