Conflict in Tigray: EU postpones € 90 million in aid to Ethiopia

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The European Union is positioning itself in relation to the crisis in the Tigray region in Ethiopia.

Brussels will sanction Addis Ababa by suspending the payment of budgetary aid.

A decision that is part of the call of the 27 European countries for a cessation of hostilities.

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Concerned about the deterioration of the humanitarian situation caused by the conflict in the Tigray region, the European Union unsuccessfully urged Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed to favor a political resolution of the conflict.

It is therefore to put pressure on

the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

that Brussels chooses the option of postponing the disbursement of budgetary aid to Ethiopia.

This aid represents an amount of 90 million euros.

Two-thirds of this envelope is to finance the development of logistical links and connections between Ethiopia and its neighbors.

Another part, just over a fifth of the amount, is intended to support the health sector budget.

But it is not certain that this suspension will succeed in changing the position of the Ethiopian Prime Minister towards the Tigray People's Liberation Front, the party at the head of the region and which has been defying the federal government for several months.

These 90 million euros represent only a third of the current budget for the health sector in Ethiopia, whose allocation has been significantly increased to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic.

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