[piasa]

The indictment also alleges IARA-USA stole $84,922 from a $4.2 million federal grant intended for relief in the African nation of Mali. The charity used $50,000 of that stolen money to lobby the Senate Finance Committee in 2004 to remove IARA-USA from a list of charities under investigation for possible links to terrorism, the indictment charges.

[Fedora]

Thanks for the ping. Unfortunately it seems that much "charity" aid to Africa is being diverted in that manner--not just to terrorists but also for profit--have seen that happen with "AIDS funding", too. I have not seen any study of the full scope of such fraud but I suspect it runs into the multi-billion dollar range.