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    Devex Newswire: Ethiopia food theft sparks WFP diplomatic row

    In today's edition: investigations into the food aid theft in Ethiopia, civil society steps up at the World Health Organization, and aid and development need a reputational boost. Plus, is Rishi Sunak a no-show again?

    By Helen Murphy // 29 August 2023

    Food — and other kinds of aid — gets diverted to line the pockets of corrupt officials more often than we know. We take you behind the scenes in Ethiopia, where food theft led to aid being stalled while many went hungry.

    Also in today’s edition: Aid and development need a reputational boost, civil society steps up at the World Health Organization, and the British prime minister wants to give another crucial conflab a miss.

    + Join us today at 10 a.m. ET (4 p.m. CET) for an “ask me anything” session about the ins and outs of USAID contracting. Can’t attend live? Register anyway, and we’ll send you a recording.

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      Helen is an award-winning journalist and Senior Editor at Devex, where she edits coverage on global development in the Americas. Based in Colombia, she previously covered war, politics, financial markets, and general news for Reuters, where she headed the bureau, and for Bloomberg in Colombia and Argentina, where she witnessed the financial meltdown. She started her career in London as a reporter for Euromoney Publications before moving to Hong Kong to work for a daily newspaper.

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