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WFP suspends food aid to Ethiopia’s Tigray after theft allegations

WFP suspends food aid to Ethiopia's Tigray after theft allegations

The U.N. World Food Programme suspends 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 U.S. Agency for International Development, which said on Wednesday it had discovered that food …

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WFP probes sex-for-food complaints in Mozambique

WFP probes sex-for-food complaints in Mozambique

The World Food Program (WFP) on Thursday held a meeting with local officials in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province over food aid recipients who accused community leaders involved in the relief distribution of demanding sexual favors . The head of the UN agency in Mozambique, Maurício Bortee, expressed concern about the …

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