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The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator, Samantha Power has begun a multi-day trip to Sudan to strengthen the U.S. Government’s partnership with Sudan’s transitional leaders and the Sudanese people .
This is with a view towards building a new government and “forging democratic institutions following the 2019 revolution that overthrew the regime led by former President Omar Al Bashir.
The government was responsible for nearly three decades of atrocities against the Sudanese people and systematic corruption,” she said.
Power’s visit to Sudan comes ahead of a tumultuous stop in Ethiopia where she will confront Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, call for an end to the devastating conflict in Tigray and demand a full humanitarian access into the region.
In a travel advisory released on Thursday, Power’s office said she will “press the Government of Ethiopia to allow full and unhindered humanitarian access to prevent famine in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.” Her visit comes just days after the Biden administration announced on Friday evening that “in response to growing needs in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the United States is providing more than $149 million in additional humanitarian assistance, including more than $105 million from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).” Ethiopia is in a big crisis right now and the United States and others are just trying to help, and it is our belief that it is in the interest of all parties to embrace peace and dialogue rather than war, famine and death.
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