Ethiopians face food aid cuts as USAID battles government theft allegations.

The US government has suspended food aid to Ethiopia after an investigation revealed a widespread scheme to steal donated food, affecting millions of the world's poorest people. The scheme was coordinated by elements within both the federal and regional governments, with officials diverting aid from those who need it to feed the military and ex-combatants, and selling it on the open market to millers who reexported the flour. The suspension comes as Ethiopia is struggling to feed about 20 million citizens following a civil war, drought, and rampant inflation.