Rebel group orders UN food agency to leave Somalia
Somalia's hardline Islamist rebel group al Shabaab has ordered the UN food agency to halt all operations and leave the failed horn of Africa state, a statement from the rebels said on Sunday.
"Effective as of today, all of WFP's operations inside Somalia are terminated and the organisation has been completely banned," al Shabaab said in the statement. The group said the agency's food distribution had negatively impacted local farmers and accused it of handing out expired food and of harbouring covert political aims like offering assistance to Ethiopians. (Reuters)
