The U.N. World Food Programme hopes to resume some food aid distribution in Ethiopia as soon as next month once it has received greater control over how beneficiaries are selected, a senior WFP official said on Monday.
More than 20 million people need humanitarian assistance in Ethiopia, largely due to the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades and a two-year civil war in Tigray.Valerie Guarnieri, WFP assistant executive director for programme and policy development, said the agency wanted to reduce the authority of local and regional government officials to decide who qualified for food aid.
She said WFP investigators had identified weaknesses in the agency's monitoring systems, particularly in Tigray, where donors surged aid after a November peace deal ended the war.Internally displaced Ethiopians queue to receive food aid in the Higlo camp for people displaced by drought in the town of Gode, Somali Region, Ethiopia, April 26, 2022. Picture taken April 26, 2022.
Other WFP programmes, including nutrition assistance to children, pregnant and breastfeeding women have not been affected by the aid pause.
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