The American president announced today during his speech in Luanda, the granting of “more than one billion dollars in new humanitarian aid for Africans displaced from their homes by unprecedented drought”, who are mainly plagued by hunger.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) clarified in a statement that this is “additional assistance to address food insecurity and other urgent needs of refugees, displaced people”, in 31 countries on the continent.
This funding includes almost 823 million dollars through USAID and almost 186 million through the US Department of State, the statement further clarified, recalling that Africa is the region “where the percentage of the population suffering from hunger is the highest ».
Armed conflicts, extreme weather events and natural disasters account for this situation and the aid announcement “demonstrates once again our firm commitment alongside our African partners” to “address the challenge of food insecurity”, the statement stressed, which invites other donors to be generous.
In 2024, the United States provided nearly $6.6 billion in humanitarian aid to sub-Saharan Africa, but more money must be raised “to meet critical and growing needs,” USAID stresses.
Joe Biden, the first US president to visit Angola, is expected to travel tomorrow, Wednesday, to the port of Lobito, about 500 kilometers south of Luanda, to discuss the “corridor”, a giant railway line and its flagship investment of his presidency.
This major infrastructure project aims to confirm Washington’s ambitions against China on the black continent, just weeks before the inauguration of Biden’s successor, Donald Trump, on January 20.
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