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Apr 21 , 2024.

The fund in dollars 20 countries pledged in Geneva, Switzerland, last week to cover emergency humanitarian assistance to 15.5 million Ethiopians. This amount covers 60pc of the one billion dollars needed in the next five months. The United States is by far the largest donor.


PUBLISHED ON Apr 21,2024 [ VOL 25 , NO 1252]

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