U.S. provides $448 million in humanitarian assistance to Ethiopia and $12 million to Senegal to battle multiple crises

Simon Ateba( Chief White House Correspondent )

Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.

The United States is providing an additional $488 million in critical humanitarian assistance to the people of Ethiopia as an historically unprecedented drought threatens the survival of more than 8.1 million people, and more than $12 million, subject to congressional approval, in new development assistance to Senegal. Both arrangements are provided through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).