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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ellen Knickmeyer and Cara Anna

Once starved by war, millions of Ethiopians go hungry again as US, UN pause aid after massive theft

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An Orthodox Christian priest, Tesfa Kiros Meresfa begs door-to-door for food along with countless others recovering from a two-year war in northern Ethiopia that starved his people. To his dismay, urgently needed grain and oil have disappeared again for millions caught in a standoff between Ethiopia's government, the United States and United Nations over what U.S. officials say may be the biggest theft of food aid on record.

“I have no words to describe our suffering," Tesfa said.

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