WFP suspends food aid to Tigray region over reported thefts
Men carry a sack of wheat during food distribution by WFP for IDPs in Debark, Ethiopia on September 15, 2021. WFP has paused food distribution in Ethiopia's war-ravaged Tigray region in response to reports that significant amounts of aid were being diverted. PHOTO | AMANUEL SILESHI | AFP
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has paused food distribution in Ethiopia's war-ravaged Tigray region in response to reports that significant amounts of aid were being diverted, the agency said.
The announcement follows a similar one by the US Agency for International Development, which said on Wednesday it had discovered that food intended for millions of needy people in Tigray was being diverted and sold.
