 and di US leading aid agency bin stop food aid to Tigray about four months ago. One investigation by Tigrayan authorities later find say almost 500 pipo bin involve for di tiff-tiff, di official bin tell BBC. Tigray bin dey hit by one brutal conflict for 2020, sometin wey cause famine-like conditions. Di conflict bin end last November afta di Ethiopian goment and di Tigray Pipo Liberation Front (TPLF) sign one peace deal wey di African Union (AU) broker. Eritrean troops bjn fight for di conflict for di side of di Ethiopian army. For much of di war di egion bjn dey under blockade, wey bin largely stop humanitarian aid. AU envoy, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, tok say around 600,000 pipo bin die for di two-year conflict. Researchers put di hundreds of thousands of civilian deaths down to fighting, starvation and lack of health care. WFP and USAid bin rally to assist some six million Tigrayans, but announce "pause" for food aid afta dem discover for April say dia donations dey diverted to local markets. Dem no tok who bin dey behind di diversion. "We simply bin no fit turn blind eye to di criminal activity and continue to deliver," one WFP tok-tok pesin tell BBC dis week Di BBC don see food wit emblems of aid agencies like di WFP and USAid on packaging for markets for cities and towns for Tigray, including di capital, Mekelle. However, e neva clear weda di food aid dey corruptly "diverted" or whether e dey sold to market owners by aid recipients wey dey desperate in need of cash. WFP and USAid also announce one suspension of food aid to di rest of Ethiopia for June. USAid di kontri largest food donor, wey dey help millions of pipo wey dey struggle sake of conflict, drought and di high cost of living. One leaked memo by one independent donor group, wey some tori pipo quote for June){kind=link}
At least 1,400 pipo don starve to death for Ethiopia northern Tigray since food aid dey suspended sake of say dem tiff am, one official don tok.
Di UN World Food Programme (WFP) and di US leading aid agency bin stop food aid to Tigray about four months ago.
One investigation by Tigrayan authorities later find say almost 500 pipo bin involve for di tiff-tiff, di official bin tell BBC.
Tigray bin dey hit by one brutal conflict for 2020, sometin wey cause famine-like conditions.
Di conflict bin end last November afta di Ethiopian goment and di Tigray Pipo Liberation Front (TPLF) sign one peace deal wey di African Union (AU) broker.