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[–] tal 4 points 3 days ago

But a Reuters investigation found that the WFP was aware food aid was being stolen in Ethiopia for several years, and repeatedly failed to act. Aid was being funneled to the Ethiopian and Tigrayan armies as well as to the black market, according to an internal USAID slide presentation viewed by Reuters.

USAID plans to phase out the WFP as its food distributor in Tigray and the rest of northern Ethiopia over the next nine months or so, turning to other aid groups instead, USAID officials told Reuters.

Um.

Why just locally? Is there some reason to believe that the UN World Food Program is more trustworthy in other countries? If we have access to other aid groups in Ethiopia, there have to be other aid groups elsewhere.

If the UN WFP were the only option, okay, fine, give them another chance. But if there are other options, how about giving those other organizations a chance, and if we run out of options for organizations that haven't screwed it up, then the WFP gets another chance?