Somali Islamists ban UN food from rebel-held areas
An extremist Islamic group is blocking food deliveries to hundreds of thousands of hungry Somalis, officials said Monday, after the militants accused aid agencies of secretly supporting those who have renounced Islam.
Britain also said Monday it will ban Somalia's most dangerous extremist Islamic group, al-Shabab, an action already taken by the US State Department in 2008 when it designated the group a terrorist organization. Al-Shabab is believed to have links with al-Qaeda. (AP)
