Somali militants halt Red Cross food aid
Somali insurgents have shut down food aid distribution by a major humanitarian group because they say the organization is distributing spoiled food in the famine-hit south.
The al-Shabaab militant group said late Monday that they were shutting down the Red Cross' operation permanently.
"Despite being offered unrivaled access to all the regions governed by the mujahedeen in south and central Somalia, the International Committee of the Red Cross has repeatedly betrayed the trust conferred on it by the local population," said the statement from the al-Qaeda-linked militia.
The militia said they conducted a "thorough inspection" of the aid group's warehouses and food depots and found that up to 70 per cent of the food was "unfit for human consumption, posing a considerable health hazard and exposing the vulnerable recipients to acute illnesses."
Read More: http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2012/01/31/somalia-shabaab-food-aid.html
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