ADDIS ABABA –
The United States has given Ethiopia 151 million dollars to boost its health and education services, the US embassy said here on Tuesday.
The agreement was signed Monday by USAID representative Glenn Anders, US ambassador to Ethiopia Donald Yamamoto and Ethiopia’s Finance Minister Mekonnen Manyazewal, a statement said.
The grant will also finance economic growth and democracy and governance programmes.
Washington will this year also provide more than 900 million dollars (610 million euros) in aid to the Horn of Africa country, a key ally in its anti-terrorism war.
Ethiopia received US backing in late 2006 when it deployed troops to neighbouring Somalia to overthrow an Islamist movement accused of harbouring extremist elements.
