WFP hopes to resume some Ethiopia food aid distribution by July

FILE PHOTO: 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. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

NAIROBI (Reuters) - 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.

It paused food aid to the northern Tigray region in May and then to all of Ethiopia this month in response to widespread theft of donations. In both cases, its announcements came just after the United States said it was doing the same.