Ethiopia will get $331 million from the United States to aid in its recovery from a recent war

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pledged $331 million in additional humanitarian help to Ethiopia while in Addis Abeba to deepen connections between the US and the East African country. On Wednesday, Blinken met with the country's officials before announcing the relief program during a visit to a UN logistical facility in Addis Ababa. Aljazeera reported in a report "This financing will give life-saving relief to those displaced and afflicted by violence, drought, and food insecurity in Ethiopia," the US Secretary of State said in a statement. The top US diplomat estimates that with this extra support, American aid to Ethiopia will exceed $780 million in 2023. He went on to declare that as a result of the financing, Ethiopians would receive "food, shelter, clean drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, healthcare programs, education, and other critical services."