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Humanitarian food assistance could not be diverted / stolen

By Hicbd
Fri Sep 8 2023 1:13 pm

"In conversations with Devex, several former aid workers and experts questioned why, given the history of aid manipulation in Ethiopia, it took so long to uncover food theft on such a massive scale. One former aid worker, who worked in the Hawassa region of Ethiopia, said it might be because so many individuals — from local politicians to bookkeepers — have benefited from stolen aid."

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https://www.devex.com/news/exclusive-rot-is-so-much-deeper-decades-of-ethiopia-aid-manipulation-106060
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jun/09/food-aid-suspended-in-ethiopia-after-widespread-and-coordinated-thievery
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2011/08/15/139650468/somalia-stolen-food-aid-and-all-to-blame

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International Development / Foreign Aid / NGOs Global Humanitarian Aid / Response Government Corruption / Oversight / Ethics Corruption / Fraud Global Nutrition / Hunger / Food Security / Famines / Malnutrition Data U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Government IT / Technology Ethiopia World Food Programme (WFP)

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