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Somalia: Al-Shabaab Bans WFP Food Distribution in Southern Somalia

Somalia's insurgent group Al-Shabaab has banned the UN World Food Program from distributing humanitarian foodstuffs bearing US flag in southern Somalia. Full Article at AllAfrica.com

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  1. Permitting recruitment of fighters in refugee camps undermines the very purpose of the camps - to be a place of refuge from the conflict
    SOURCE: Reuters Alert Net 2 months ago
  2. Kenyan government-backed recruiters are luring young men with false claims of UN and other international support ... Getting the recruiters out of the camps and publicly dissociating the UN from any involvement are first steps to shutting the program down.
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