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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Nick Ferris

Cuts to food aid put more than 3 million malnourished people at risk in Ethiopia

Desta Abreha, 32, and her 8-month-old baby girl Capital, receive malnourishment assistance at Hitsats Internally Displaced Persons Camp in the Tigray region of Ethiopia - (WFP/Michael Tewelde)

Food aid for Ethiopia is set to be cut in half in 2025 compared to just last year, with more than 3 million currently facing the loss of life-saving food assistance, according to the World Food Programme (WFP).

“This is not normal. We have not faced such a drop in our funding in a long time,” WFP Ethiopia spokesperson Claire Nevill told The Independent.

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