Cindy McCain took the helm of the World Food Programme just as a pretty hefty scandal was brewing in Ethiopia. She explains how she will prevent such blatant theft from happening again.
Also in today’s edition: We wrap up the Women Deliver conference in Rwanda, look at progress ahead of the United Nations health conference, and have an inspiring, but angry, opinion piece.
The food aid scandal in Ethiopia is a colossal embarrassment — and tragic — to say the least, but Cindy McCain, who took over WFP in April, says it will not happen again — not on her watch, at least.
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Helen Murphy
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.
