The second senior EU official confirmed that. A third source, also an EU official, said the Commission was "cooperating actively with WFP to resolve systemic defects" but said no aid was suspended at this stage. Read: USAid suspends food aid to Ethiopia"The widespread theft of food assistance in Ethiopia was abhorrent but was also an opportunity to change the way it is provided," said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. The UN report did not attempt to quantify the amount of aid diverted but said its findings "suggest that post-delivery aid diversion in Somalia is widespread and systemic". "Investigators found aid diversion at all of the 55 IDP sites in Somalia from which they collected data," the report said.

Source: Daily Nation September 19, 2023 14:47 UTC