UN raises over $600m to boost aid to Ethiopia

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A general view shows people displaced due to the fighting between the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) Forces and Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF) allied with Amhara Special Forces, at the Abi Adi camp for the Internally Displaced Person in Abi Adi, Tigray Region, Ethiopia on June 24, 2023.

Photo credit: Reuters

The United Nations on Tuesday received financial pledges for about two-thirds of the $1 billion it was seeking to raise to boost humanitarian aid to Ethiopia, which has been hit by conflict, drought and floods.

A UN-hosted pledging event, organised along with the governments of Ethiopia and the United Kingdom and held at the United Nations in Geneva, is designed to increase life-saving assistance to 15.5 million people and food aid to 10.4 million.