US resumes some food aid deliveries to Ethiopia after assistance was halted over 'widespread' theft
The United States Agency for International Development is resuming food deliveries to hundreds of thousands of refugees in Ethiopia, after assistance was halted earlier this year over a widespread scheme to steal supplies KAMPALA, Uganda -- The United States Agency for International Development said Thursday it is resuming food deliveries to hundreds of thousands of refugees in Ethiopia, four months after assistance was halted over a widespread scheme to steal supplies. The decision was made after Ethiopia’s government agreed to remove itself from the dispatch, storage and distribution of refugee food supplies, a USAID spokesperson said. Food aid will be restored to roughly 1 million refugees from Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea, and elsewhere. However, food assistance has not resumed for the 20.1 million Ethiopians who rely on it as the country grapples with internal co NFL ict and drought. The agency also said it has implemented measures including biometric tests and GPS tracki...