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BRITAIN RESUMES AID TO ETHIOPIA IN WORLD BANK INITIATIVE
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 26 - 05 - 2006


BRITAIN, WHICH HAD CUT DIRECT BUDGET SUPPORT
TO THE ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT OVER ITS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS DURING
POST-ELECTION DISTURBANCES IN THE COUNTRY IN 2005, JOINED THE WORLD
BANK FRIDAY IN ANNOUNCING A NEW 400 MILLION US DOLLAR AID PACKAGE, DPA REPORTED.
BRITAIN CHOSE THIS OPTION WITH A COMMITMENT THAT "THE POOR SHOULD
NOT BE MAKE TO SUFFER" BECAUSE OF THE POLITICAL PROBLEMS IN THE
COUNTRY ACCORDING TO PAUL ACKROYD, HEAD OF BRITAIN'S DEPARTMENT OF
INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (DFID)IN ETHIOPIA
THE JOINT COMMITMENT AIMS TO HELP IMPROVE BASIC HEALTH, EDUCATION
AND THE SUPPLY OF POTABLE WATER. IN RETURN ADDIS ABABA IS EXPECTED TO
SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH AND IMPROVE ITS HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOVERNANCE
CREDENTIALS.
DFID CONTRIBUTED ALMOST HALF OF THE MONEY OR 170-MILLION DOLLARS,
BUT STRESSED THAT THE AID WILL GO STRAIGHT TO THE COMMUNITIES THAT
NEED IT, BYPASSING THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT.
BRITAIN SUSPENDED DIRECT BUDGET SUPPORT TO PRIME MINISTER MELES
ZENAWI'S GOVERNMENT IN JANUARY OVER HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS FOLLOWING
CONTROVERSIAL NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ELECTION IN MAY 2005.
OVER 100 LEADERS OF THE OPPOSITION AND HUMAN-RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ARE
CURRENTLY ON TRIAL ON CHARGES OF CONSPIRACY TO OVERTHROW THE
GOVERNMENT AND ALLEGED GENOCIDE.
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