European External Action Service

01/11/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/11/2024 07:33

Displaced persons and host communities in Ethiopia to benefit from new 2,7 billion birr support from European citizens

11 January 2024, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia- The European Union (EU) and its partners launched a three-year programme to provide sustainable support to displaced persons and their host communities in the Ethiopian regions of Afar, Amhara, Benishangul-Gumuz and Tigray. The programme is coordinated by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and jointly implemented with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS), the Danish and Ethiopian Red Cross and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). More