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The United States and the World Food Program (WFP) announced recently that they were suspending until further notice their food aid to the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia
The United States and the World Food Program (WFP) announced recently that they were suspending until further notice their food aid to the Tigray region in northern Ethiopia. The area is ravaged by years of conflict. The reason for the pause of the aid is due to the heavy diversion of aid materials and selling them illegally in the market.
The WFP said it would resume that supply only when it was able to ensure that the aid reaches the right people. The U.S. government has raised the matter with Ethiopian authorities as well as local authorities in Tigray. Both have expressed their willingness to identify those responsible and hold them to account. There are reports that indicate that the missing supplies included enough food to feed 100,000 people. They were taken from a warehouse in the town of Sheraro, Tigray.
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The United States is the largest humanitarian contributor to Ethiopia. Getachew Reda, the interim president of Tigray, said he had formed a task force to prevent and investigate crimes committed.
