Nick Clegg, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) of the United Kingdom (UK), launched a Women Support Program at the Kokebe Tsibah Preparatory School, which aims to encourage female students in the Afar Regional state and Borena Zone of the Oromia Regional state.
Nick Clegg and Demeke Mekonnen, DPM and Minister of Education (MoE), launched the program which is financed by the Department for International Development (DfID), on February 15, 2013.
Clegg, accompanied by a business delegation, arrived in Addis Ababa on February 14 where he was greeted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Tedros Adhanom.
Clegg also held discussions with Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Tedros Adhanom about bilateral relations and the issues in the horn of Africa.