Al-Shabaab Militants Take Control Of U.N. Aid Compound
April 09 2010
The Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgent group has taken over a United Nations food aid compound in Somalia and disarmed its staff, United Press International reports.
Militants reportedly stole several food supplies and U.N. computers.
The group also took control of an airstrip near the World Food Program building in Wajid, officials said.
Al-Shabaab ordered the World Food Program to leave the country in February, arguing that Somalis should buy food from local farmers. The agency...
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