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this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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The real question is was that funding paused because that money isn't actually being used to buy food for Ethiopians.
Apparently wheat meant for needy people was being stolen with the involvement of senior Ethiopian government officials, so the food aid has been put on hold till the corrupt officials are removed from aid distribution and stronger checks against theft are introduced.
Some people just cannot stop being scum.
In this case it's a fairly intractable problem. The famine itself was caused by war between the Ethiopian Government and the province of Tigray. Deliberate crop destruction and aid blockades were features of that war.
It seems senior Government officials are involved in diverting and selling grain in peacetime. It doesn't seem the government is all that invested in seeing that aid go to Tigray.
But now the aid is being paused for the rest of Ethiopia as well, and we are seeing more deaths.
The answer to your question is in the second paragraph of the article: