Africa Investigates-Ghana: Food for Thought

Following the discovery of oil in 2010, Ghana is on the road to becoming one of Africa's more economically successful countries. But it is not quite there yet and still ranks 138th out of 187 countries in the 2014 Human Development Index.According to the World Food Programme (WFP), four out of 10 children under the age of five in northern Ghana are chronically malnourished, meaning they will not be able to meet their full growth potential. Some of them, to put it even more starkly, will die for lack of food.This is why, despite its sunnier long term prospects, Ghana still receives tens of millions of dollars' worth of food aid from the international community.So what happens to all the food that is donated? Are the deficits merely the consequence of some bureaucratic hold up in the supply chain or are there more sinister forces at work.In this episode of Africa Investigates, Ghanaian journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas sets out in search of the answers and unveils a truly shocking tale of theft and corruption.