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$51.8 million grant agreement signed with US

    NAIROBI

    Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Cooperation Minister Mulatu Teshome and Tibor Nagy, the new ambassador of the US to Ethiopia, on Thursday signed a US $51.8 million grant agreement on behalf of their respective governments, the Ethiopian News Agency reported on Friday. Under the new agreement, the US has earmarked $35 million to support the Ethiopian national food security programme, $8 million for basic education and the remainder to introduce amendments to the educational and health sector programmes, as well as for democracy and governance initiatives, the report added.

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