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USAID pauses food assistance to Tigray region of Ethiopia

Boys play soccer at a camp for the internally displaced due to the fighting between the Ethiopian National Defense Force and the Tigray People's Liberation Front forces in Dessie town, Amhara region, Ethiopia, on 8th October, 2021.

Washington DC, US Reuters The United States Agency for International Development announced on Wednesday the temporary suspension of its food assistance to the Tigray region of Ethiopia. While describing the move as a “difficult decision”, USAID Administrator Samantha Power said the agency recently discovered that food aid intended for people of the region, who are […]