Yemen: Donated UN food aid for the most needy sold in markets to boost stallholders' profits

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Yemen: Donated UN food aid for the most needy sold in markets to boost stallholders' profits
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Sky News has found donated cans of vegetable oil with World Food Programme stamps on them, saying 'not for sale' in English, were among the essential food items being sold.

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In the same market stall in al Khokha, our investigations revealed sacks of flour and rice, also with large lettering saying"not for sale", which appeared to have been donated by aid agencies from South Korea.When we confronted the shopkeeper, he at first denied he was selling donated food aid. He then tried to hide the incriminating World Food Programme cereal packets that we had spotted on his counter.

But he insisted that he was certainly not the only stallholder selling food aid - and that he was fulfilling a"service" to desperate villagers. She weighed just 3kg - at three years of age - that's less than what an average newborn weighs fresh out of their mother's womb.

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