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ADDIS ABABA under armour curry 1 australia , June 7 (Xinhua) -- 7.8 million people in Ethiopia need food assistance due to a prolonged drought worsened by the El-Nino weather condition, said a government minister on Wednesday.


Ethiopian communications minister Negeri Lencho said in a statement that the government has set aside 50 million U.S. dollars for drought relief.


In the beginning of the year, the Ethiopian government had put the number of people in need of food aid in the country at 5.6 million but later revised it to 7.2 million.


"The Ethiopian government had anticipated the drought, and as such is providing water and food to people curry 1 australia , school feeding program to school students and animal feed to livestock," says Lencho.


While praising the response from international donors, he admitted that other international crises are having some impact on the amount of aid the Ethiopian government is receiving for drought relief.


"Ethiopian economic growth has meant that we have better internal resources to cope with the drought, though if the crisis aggravates we will increase the amount of food supplies and monetary assistance under armour curry 2 australia ," said Lencho.


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BEIJING， Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese banks saw their net foreign exchange sales jump by nearly 150 percent from June to 31.7 billion U.S. dollars in July， official data showed Tuesday.


Chinese lenders bought 111.3 billion dollars' worth of foreign currency last month and sold 143 billion dollars， the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) said in a statement.


The amount of net sales in July was higher than 12.8 billion dollars in June， 12.5 billion dollars in May and 23.7 billion dollars in April， but lower than 36.4 billion dollars in March.


A SAFE spokesperson attributed the increase to the short-term impact of Brexit and seasonal factors， calling it a fluctuation "within the normal range."


Brexit， Britain's vote to leave the European Union， in late June led to depreciation of the yuan against the dollar and resulted in more market demand for forex in the beginning of July， a separate SAFE statement quoted the spokesperson as saying.


That impact has moderated and is controllable， according to the statement.


It also noted that forex demand in July is typically higher than other months as many foreign companies in China remit profits overseas in July， which is also the high season for overseas trav