Steve Stecklow

Dec 4, 2024 | anixneuseis.gr | Lena Masri |Deborah Nelson |Maggie Michael |Steve Stecklow

Twenty years ago, Somalia was headed for catastrophe. Conflict, drought and government collapse threatened to plunge 200,000 people into famine. But relief groups lacked enough food for everyone and had no consistent way of identifying those most at risk of starvation. A man angered about his clan’s limited share of food aid fired shots at humanitarian workers.

Dec 4, 2024 | shorturl.at | Lena Masri |Deborah Nelson |Maggie Michael |Steve Stecklow

Twenty years ago, Somalia was headed for catastrophe. Conflict, drought and government collapse threatened to plunge 200,000 people into famine. But relief groups lacked enough food for everyone and had no consistent way of identifying those most at risk of starvation. A man angered about his clan’s limited share of food aid fired shots at humanitarian workers.

Nov 27, 2024 | reuters.com | Steve Stecklow

In April, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg told U.S. senators that the social media site was hiring dozens more Burmese speakers to review hate speech posted in Myanmar. The situation was dire. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tabPulitzer Prize-winning global investigative reporter based in London.

Oct 19, 2024 | bdnews24.com | Giulia Paravicini |Steve Stecklow

USAID officials say they soon learned that thousands of tons of donated grain were being diverted to commercial mills and markets throughout Ethiopia A severely malnourished two-month old, Birhane Kiros, is treated at a hospital in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. Food aid was suspended in the country following the discovery of massive looting, disrupting help for the hungry, aid workers say.

Oct 18, 2024 | martinplaut.com | Giulia Paravicini |Steve Stecklow |Martin Plaut

U.S. officials talk of ‘industrial level’ theft. Donated grain, they say, was funneled to the Ethiopian and Tigrayan armies, and black marketeers. In an internal report, the World Food Program cleared itself of wrongdoing and pointed a finger at the hungry…USAID quickly began investigating. Its employees visited 63 flour mills and markets in seven Ethiopian regions from March to May 2023, according to the internal USAID presentation seen by Reuters.