“The theft and black market resale of anti-malaria medications is a serious problem in African countries like Angola and Tanzania, hindering the global aid effort to combat the disease. U.S. investigators are leading a probe into the widespread theft and black-market resale of malaria drugs donated to Africa by the U.S. government. Organized theft is plaguing the multibillion-dollar aid effort, according to people familiar with the investigation, raising questions about the supervision of donations in corruption-ridden nations,” according to the Wall Street Journal.
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