U.S. Suspends Food Aid for Ethiopia, Citing Widespread Theft
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on June 8, 2023
The United States suspended all food aid to Ethiopia on Thursday, citing “widespread and coordinated” theft of the contributions in a country where at least 20 million people need donated food.
The United States is by far the largest aid donor to Ethiopia, with 120 million people, Africa’s second most populous country, so the impact of the suspension is likely to hit hard and fast.
Ethiopians are already reeling from the combined impact of civil conflicts, climate change and swarms of locusts . . .
