US will resume food aid to millions across Ethiopia after monthslong pause over massive corruption

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The United States Agency for International Development says it plans to restart food aid deliveries for millions of people across Ethiopia in December, five months after it halted its nationwide program over a massive corruption scheme by local officials. USAID officials described wide-ranging new reforms in handling of food aid to the East African country. They have said this may have been the largest theft of food aid in history. USAID says these anti-theft measures will be tested for one year. Ethiopia is Africa’s second-most populous country and one of the largest recipients of U.S. humanitarian aid.