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Re: USAID cuts food aid supporting millions of Ethiopians amid charges of massive regional & federal government theft [W

Post by Revelations » 08 Jun 2023, 12:52

The U.S. government is suspending food aid to Ethiopia after an investigation uncovered a widespread scheme to steal donated food, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) said Thursday, a move that will affect millions of the world’s poorest people. Leaked documents given to donors and shared with The Washington Post indicate that the scheme was coordinated by elements within both the federal and regional governments.

Officials have been diverting aid from those who need it to feed the military and ex-combatants, and selling it on the open market to millers who reexported the flour, according to an investigation by USAID that was summarized to The Post by officials familiar with the investigation.

“After a country-wide review, USAID determined, in coordination with the Government of Ethiopia, that a widespread and coordinated campaign is diverting food assistance,” USAID said in a statement to The Post on Thursday. “We cannot move forward with distribution of food assistance until reforms are in place.”


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Re: USAID cuts food aid supporting millions of Ethiopians amid charges of massive regional & federal government theft [W

Post by Tiago » 08 Jun 2023, 13:29

Notice WP political motivation here:
- Out of 3 million IDPs only 2 witnesses from same area.
- No #IDP interview from #Afar or #Amhara .
Fully agree TPLF, Abiye gov & regional gov are monstrously corrupt. But why would WP advocate for debunked falsehood of western Tigray?

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Re: USAID cuts food aid supporting millions of Ethiopians amid charges of massive regional & federal government theft [W

Post by Revelations » 08 Jun 2023, 13:48

The Ethiopian government spokesman and the National Disaster Risk Management Commission did not respond to requests for comment. But documents and interviews by The Post laid bare the extent of the scheme in one of the world’s poorest countries.

“Extensive monitoring indicates this diversion of donor-funded food assistance is a coordinated and criminal scheme, which has prevented life-saving assistance from reaching the most vulnerable,” said a report by the Humanitarian Resilience Development Donor Group, an organization of donors briefed by USAID. “The scheme appears to be orchestrated by federal and regional Government of Ethiopia (GoE) entities, with military units across the country benefiting from humanitarian assistance.”

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Re: USAID cuts food aid supporting millions of Ethiopians amid charges of massive regional & federal government theft [W

Post by Fiyameta » 08 Jun 2023, 13:53

They deliberately discontinued the delivery of food-aid to exert pressure on the government by stretching the country's meager resources to provide food to the affected regions. Their ultimate goal is to create a man-made famine in Tigray, then place the blame on the government for failing to feed its own people. The people of Tigray are, once again, becoming a pawn in a dirty game played by donors.

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Re: USAID cuts food aid supporting millions of Ethiopians amid charges of massive regional & federal government theft [W

Post by Revelations » 08 Jun 2023, 14:06

Sorry but you can't export donated wheat! :oops:

Officials have been diverting aid from those who need it to feed the military and ex-combatants, and selling it on the open market to millers who reexported the flour, according to an investigation by USAID that was summarized to The Post by officials familiar with the investigation.
Fiyameta wrote:
08 Jun 2023, 13:53
They deliberately discontinued the delivery of food-aid to exert pressure on the government by stretching the country's meager resources to provide food to the affected regions. Their ultimate goal is to create a man-made famine in Tigray, then place the blame on the government for failing to feed its own people. The people of Tigray are, once again, becoming a pawn in a dirty game played by donors.

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Re: USAID cuts food aid supporting millions of Ethiopians amid charges of massive regional & federal government theft [W

Post by Tiago » 08 Jun 2023, 14:24

“Extensive monitoring indicates this diversion of donor-funded food assistance is a coordinated and criminal scheme, which has prevented life-saving assistance from reaching the most vulnerable,” said a report by the Humanitarian Resilience Development Donor Group, an organisation of donors briefed by USAID. “The scheme appears to be orchestrated by federal and regional Government of Ethiopia (GoE) entities, with military units across the country benefiting from humanitarian assistance.”

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Re: USAID cuts food aid supporting millions of Ethiopians amid charges of massive regional & federal government theft [W

Post by Horus » 08 Jun 2023, 14:45

Habits die so hard! TPLF made millions by selling aid wheat since 1970s. It is now no more a habit, it has become a character!! The entire PP is a system of thievery!!! Well, life will catch up with you. ሞት ቢዘገይ የቀረ ይመስላታል

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Re: USAID cuts food aid supporting millions of Ethiopians amid charges of massive regional & federal government theft [W

Post by Revelations » 08 Jun 2023, 16:03

The Ethiopian government spokesman and the National Disaster Risk Management Commission did not respond to requests for comment. But documents and interviews by The Post laid bare the extent of the scheme in one of the world’s poorest countries.

“Extensive monitoring indicates this diversion of donor-funded food assistance is a coordinated and criminal scheme, which has prevented life-saving assistance from reaching the most vulnerable,” said a report by the Humanitarian Resilience Development Donor Group, an organization of donors briefed by USAID. “The scheme appears to be orchestrated by federal and regional Government of Ethiopia (GoE) entities, with military units across the country benefiting from humanitarian assistance.”


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Re: USAID cuts food aid supporting millions of Ethiopians amid charges of massive regional & federal government theft [W

Post by Za-Ilmaknun » 08 Jun 2023, 17:02

"The Tigray region was the center of a devastating two-year conflict that ended in November and left 5.4 million of the population of 6 million relying on humanitarian help" :| :cry:

“The scheme appears to be orchestrated by federal and regional government of Ethiopia entities, with military units across the country benefitting from humanitarian assistance,” said the document from the Humanitarian and Resilience Donor Group, which includes bilateral and multilateral partners.

"USAID staff members had visited 63 flour mills in seven of Ethiopia’s nine regions since March and witnessed a “significant diversion of USAID-funded humanitarian food commodities” alongside food donated by France, Japan and Ukraine."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-says-susp ... 24444.html

The OPDO administration exported all home grown wheat and siphoned the aid that was meant to feed hungry kids. These souless cannibals has to be hold accountable and pay for their crimes.


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