Ethiopia may lose EU budget funding due to Tigray conflict
Officials will meet to consider a €90m transfer delay because of the impact the violence has had on human rights
01 December 2020 - 17:42
Ethiopia — EU officials are considering suspending budget support to Ethiopia because of the month-long conflict in the Horn of Africa nation’s Tigray region.
The EU has provided €815m of budget support to Ethiopia in the past seven years. Officials meeting later this month to consider an additional €90m transfer may delay the funding because of the impact the violence has had on human rights, said two EU officials with knowledge of the discussions, who asked not to be identified as they aren’t authorised to speak publicly...
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