The U.S. will provide financial assistance to Ethiopia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said during a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
ADDIS ABABA - The United States will provide financial assistance to Ethiopia as it pursues political reforms, the office of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Tuesday during a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Pompeo praised political reforms Abiy has spearheaded ahead of Ethiopia’s upcoming elections. Ethiopians are due vote on Aug. 29 in a ballot Abiy has promised will be free and fair in a bold break from decades of repression. “These aren’t reforms imposed by somebody on the outside. These were reforms that came from Ethiopian people,” Pompeo said.
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