USAID, World Food Programme halt their aid to Ethiopia's Tigray region after finding food was being diverted and resold in local markets
USAID and the World Food Programme [WFP] have announced they were freezing food aid to Ethiopia's war-scarred Tigray region after finding shipments were diverted to local markets.
The agency recently"uncovered that food aid, intended for the people of Tigray suffering under famine-like conditions, was being diverted and sold on the local market," Power said in aShe also said they launched a review of their programmes in Ethiopia to conduct a further assessment. The WFP also said it had"paused" food distributions in Tigray after learning of food diversion problems.
The WFP said it had reminded regional officials that they need to monitor and report illicit activities and enforce food distribution agreements.
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