Al-Shabab Bans WFP Food Aid Packages Bearing U.S. Flag

A top leader of Somalia's al-Shabab insurgent group says United Nations humanitarian food parcels bearing the U.S. flag are no longer welcome in southern Somalia.

Waxa qoray VOA Somali | Washington, DC Isniin, 02 November 2009

Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur said the U.N.'s World Food Program could not bring food aid packages marked with U.S. flags into areas under the Islamic militant group's control. He also accused the WFP of sending food at harvest time to weaken farming.

The U.S. Agency for International Development says it has sent about $240 million in food and other aid to Somalia since 1991.

Al-Shabab controls much of southern Somalia. And, WFP is one of few aid agencies that have been allowed to operate in southern Somali regions, which is largely controlled by Al-Shabaab.

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