Ethiopia: Overseas Aid

(asked on 25th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she has suspended or re-allocated any Official Development Assistance to Ethiopia in the last three months.


Answered by
Vicky Ford Portrait
Vicky Ford
This question was answered on 30th November 2021

We remain a major development and humanitarian donor - and one of the biggest donors to Ethiopia with an overall UK commitment of more than £76 million to respond to the humanitarian crisis caused by the conflict, making the UK the second largest donor. Given the severity of needs, in the last three months, funds have been drawn from ongoing development programmes in Ethiopia, as well as from bilateral development interventions which we have not been able to deliver due to insecurity or were not delivering lifesaving activity. Some planned funding originally earmarked for the Government of Ethiopia has also been re-directed towards humanitarian agencies operating in Afar, Amhara and Tigray. No Official Development Assistance (ODA) has been suspended. The UK is committed to ensuring that our aid is fully accountable. While we continue to urge all sides involved in the Tigray conflict to de-escalate and halt violence, we must make sure our ODA only serves to improve conditions for the intended beneficiaries. We will always review ODA when circumstances around its use may change.

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