The United Nations food relief agency has suspended aid deliveries to Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region amid an internal investigation into the theft of food meant for hungry people, according to four humanitarian workers. The World Food Program is responsible for delivering food from the U.N. and other partners to Tigray, the center of a devastating two-year civil war that ended with a cease-fire in November. WFP informed its humanitarian partners April 20 that it was temporarily suspending deliveries of food to Tigray amid reports of food misappropriation, one of the four humanitarian workers told AP. Three other aid workers confirmed this information. Tigray’s new interim president, Getachew Reda, said last month he discussed “the growing challenge of diversion and sale of food aid meant for the needy” with senior WFP officials during a visit by the agency to Mekele, the regional capital.

Source: Ethiopian News May 02, 2023 01:57 UTC