UN Secretary-General announced the allocation of $ 8 billion for aid Horn of Africa

UN Secretary-General announced the allocation of $ 8 billion for aid Horn of Africa

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Help will get to Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia and South Sudan

PRETORIA, October 27. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, starting a trip to the Horn of Africa, announced the allocation of aid to the region, which will amount to $ 8 billion.

“Horn of Africa countries have made important, but it is not very noticeable economic growth and political stability. Now is the critical moment to support these efforts to end conflicts and poverty, to make the current fragile situation of stability,” – said in a statement, Ban Ki-moon, who begins his African tour to Ethiopia.

He is accompanied by World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, as well as representatives of the African Union and the EU.

Help will get to eight countries in the region – Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia and South Sudan. Donors are the World Bank, the African Development Bank, the European Union and the Islamic Development Bank.

As noted by Jim Yong Kim, “opens opportunities for the peoples of the Horn of Africa gain access to clean water, good nutrition, health, education and jobs.” “Now, the region will be able to overcome the drought, lack of food and water, as well as conflicts,” – said the head of the World Bank.

This is the third trip, Ban Ki-moon on regions of Africa, along with the current head of the World Bank, which began two years ago, Jim Yong Kim – 54-year-old American doctor of Korean descent.

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