Somalia's
US aid total is listed as $275 million, but the country benefits from hundreds of millions more in US assistance in the form of subsidies to the African Union force fighting Al-Shabaab as well as training of Somali troops by US instructors.Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Ethiopia were among other African countries that voted against the US on Thursday.
He said, the loans from the IMF and the World Bank besides the
US aid were in fact the snares of US slavery and had proved to be death warrants for the country's self reliance and economy.
Under the agreement, $7.5 million of the
US aid is allocated to boost up water resource management with drip irrigation technology.
Hassaan, a very popular Islamic TV preacher, has called for all Al-Azhar scholars and preachers to adopt his initiative and to encourage Egyptians to take part in it, stressing that it will make more money than
US aid.
To appease the military, Pakistan could pounce first and unilaterally reject
US aid, Raman notes.
They also discussed
US aid to the Lebanese Army and the country's security forces
Amman Signs Deals to Receive $411mn in
US Aid, Getting $513.5mn Total in 2009
According to the agreement a $121 million
US aid will be allocated to Yemen for 2009 and 2011 to finance social projects and program from time to time especially in the sector of education, health, economic development and democratic development.
Mr Blair, talking of the
US aid announcement, said: 'It's important we deal with the situation in Ethiopia and Eritrea but obviously there's a lot more that needs to be dealt with and as the administration has made clear this is not the only commitment they have made.'
The White House was enraged by the Chancellor's comments on Friday about
US aid efforts: "This is not a time for timidity, nor a time to fear reaching new heights," he said.
Their arrest and extradition to the tribunal is seen in Washington as the price for continued
US aid."
In 1971 he went with his family to Pune, India, on a two-year project for
US AID as an animal geneticist and agricultural engineer.