ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The lead U.S. development agency plans to restart food aid deliveries for millions of people across Ethiopia in December, five months after it took the extraordinary step of halting its nationwide program over a massive corruption scheme by local officials. About one-sixth of Ethiopians received food aid before discovery of the food theft early this year. USAID and the U.N.’s World Food Program suspended food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray region in mid-March after uncovering the colossal scheme. The agency previously sought to remove Ethiopian government officials from having any role in aid processes to stem corruption. The WFP restarted aid to refugees in Ethiopia in October but is yet to resume food aid nationwide.

Source: Ethiopian News November 15, 2023 17:01 UTC