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Al-Shabaab loots WFP office in Southern Somalia
3 Jan 3, 2010 - 12:59:10 PM
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Fighters loyal to
Somalia’s Al-Shabaab insurgent group have reportedly looted the United
Nations Food Program WFP headquarters in the southern Somali town of
Bu'aale
According to eyewitnesses, Al-Shabaab fighters
overwhelmed and disarmed the WFP contracted guards in the headquarters
compound, looting equipment and money before closing down the office
and asked the staffers to vacate.
“Al-Shabaab fighters have
occupied the WFP office. The office is empty, everything have been
looted and the workers sending packing,” said a WFP staff who requested
anonymity.
“We are hearing the fighters took $50,000 from the
office. Talks are on-going to settle the dispute and make sure the
looted equipments and money is returned,” said an elder in the town.
The
office closure comes as a month ultimatum given by Al-Shabaab for WFP
to empty all its warehouses in the Al-Shabaab-controlled areas expires.
On
other hand, Al-Shabaab administrators in the port town of Merka, 90 km
south of Somali capital Mogadishu have burnt foodstuffs emptied from
WFP warehouses in the town.
The group, which wants to impose
its own version of Islamic law across the Horn of African nation, has
previously banned many international aid agencies from operating in
areas under its control.
GAROWE ONLINE
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