WFP resumes food distribution to refugees in Ethiopia

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows motorists and a biker near the Tigray Martyrs monument in Mekele, Tigray Region, Ethiopia, June 22, 2023. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) has resumed distribution of food to roughly 900,000 refugees across Ethiopia after revamping safeguards and controls, following reports of large-scale theft of its donations, it said in a statement.

The WFP suspended food distributions in all of Ethiopia in June, a day after the United States announced it was doing the same because of diversions of aid.