US to resume Ethiopia food aid only to refugees

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A young man arranges a sack of wheat on a cart during a food distribution in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia on July 11, 2021. PHOTO | AFP

The United States said Thursday it would resume limited food assistance in Ethiopia, delivering to some one million refugees, but will keep most operations suspended after concerns of systematic diversion of aid.

The US will immediately restart food assistance at 28 camps inside Ethiopia that are home to refugees, mostly from Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia and Eritrea, officials said.