The United States aid agency says it has suspended all food assistance to the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray “until further notice” while it investigates the theft of humanitarian supplies. The U.N. confirmed a similar suspension. USAID Administrator Samantha Power said that her group has “uncovered that food aid, intended for the people of Tigray suffering under famine-like conditions, was being diverted and sold on the local market.” Nearly all of Tigray’s 6 million people rely on food aid, after two years of civil war and government-imposed restrictions on humanitarian relief pushed parts of the region to the brink of famine. The war ended in November with a cease-fire, which also saw aid deliveries resume. It is unclear who was responsible for the theft.
The United States and the World Food Program (WFP) announced on Wednesday that they were suspending "until further notice" their food aid to the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, ravaged by years of conflict, denouncing the diversion of ugly.
Food assistance to northern Ethiopia's Tigray region has been suspended by the United States. The European Union announced they would also be suspending food assistance to the region.
The United States Agency for International Development suspended all food assistance to the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray until further notice while it investigates the theft of humanitarian supplies. The UN confirmed earlier reports that it was doing the same.
The United States Agency for International Development suspended all food assistance to the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray "until further notice" while it investigates the theft of humanitarian supplies. The U.N. confirmed earlier reports that it was doing the same.