Today, more than 20 million Ethiopians are in need of external food aid assistance. That is why the news of industrial scale food aid theft involving corruption and mismanagement of food aid distribution in crisis-hit Ethiopia caught the word by a shock. These factors are the exact opposite factors of why Ethiopia’s food aid management system in the past had been considered solid. Peace and stability are essential for food security and humanitarian aid distribution to be effective. But only condemning abhorrent food aid theft by cutting aid is punishing victims twice.

Source: Ethiopian News July 31, 2023 11:23 UTC