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UN suspends food aid to Ethiopia over ‘diversion’ of supplies
A worker walks next to a pile of sacks of food earmarked for the Tigray and Afar regions in a warehouse of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Semera, the regional capital for the Afar region, in Semera, Ethiopia, Feb. 21, 2022.
THE United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said today that it is temporarily suspending food aid to Ethiopia because its supplies are being diverted.
The United States Agency for International Development said on Thursday it was doing the same.
WFP director Cindy McCain said: “Food diversion is absolutely unacceptable, and we welcome the government of Ethiopia’s commitment to investigate and hold accountable those responsible.”
