WFP food aid distribution in Tigray (Photo: WFP Ethiopia/twitter)Addis Abeba – The Tigray region Interim Administration (IA) has announced the establishment of a committee to conduct investigation into the aid theft that led to international aid agencies suspend their operation in the region. The president said that he has met and discussed with diplomats, international humanitarian organization representatives and with communities, leaders and opinion makers in the region on “aid diversions”. On 01 May, AP reported quoting humanitarian workers that WFP, the UN agency which is responsible for delivering food from the UN and other partners to Tigray, has suspended aid deliveries to the Tigray region pending internal investigation into the theft of food meant for hungry people. USAID, the US Agency for International Development has also announced on Wednesday, 03 May that it has made “the difficult decision to pause all USAID-supported food assistance in the Tigray region until further notice”. On 01 March Addis Standard reported that despite reports of unrestricted flow of humanitarian aid to the Tigray region since the peace agreement, internally displaced people (IDPs) in Tigray region, including those sheltered in the capital Mekelle, said they are not receiving adequate humanitarian aid.

Source: Ethiopian News May 04, 2023 11:38 UTC