Ethiopians in Britain raise GBP370,000 for displaced in Ethiopian conflict

ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopians and people of Ethiopian origin in the United Kingdom have raised 370,000 Great Britain Pounds to help people who were displaced by violence in northern Ethiopia, the Ethiopian foreign ministry said in a statement.

“The Ethiopian Embassy in the UK in collaboration with the “Defend Ethiopia UK Taskforce” had held a fundraising event to support displaced people in Afar and Amhara regions,” the foreign ministry statement reads in part.

Ethiopian ambassador to the UK Teferi Meles “thanked Ethiopians and people of Ethiopian origin in the UK for gathering £370000 so far to support IDP’s created by the TPLF’s invasions of the two regions.”

“Mr. Zelalem Tesema, on behalf of Defend Ethiopia UK Taskforce appreciated the joint Ethiopian forces and Prime Minister Dr. Abiy Ahmed for liberating occupied areas by the terrorist TPLF and pledged to continue supporting IDP’s in Amhara and Afar regions,” the statement adds.