“We have made the difficult decision to suspend all USAID-supported food assistance (allocated) to the Tigray region until further notice,” said agency administrator Samantha Power.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced on Wednesday that it had suspended its food aid to the war-ravaged Tigray region in northern Ethiopia, after shipments were monitored in local markets.
“We have made the difficult decision to suspend all USAID-supported food assistance (allocated) to the Tigray region until further notice,” said agency director Samantha Power.
