ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Ethiopia’s parliament on Thursday introduced a new tax for all workers as part of measures to fill the financial gap left by the USAID funding pause.
The funds collected will go to a new Ethiopian Disaster Risk Response Fund to pay for projects previously funded by USAID, Ethiopia’s biggest partner for development and humanitarian efforts.
Ethiopia is facing recurring conflict in some of its regions including Tigray, which is recovering from a two-year conflict, Amhara and Oromia. The conflicts have left millions of people in need of food aid and healthcare. MORE