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Aid Fears

The fear of being captured by Somali pirates is complicating aid deliveries to the famine-ravaged Horn of Africa. Sulaiman Shamseldin, the director general of the

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Heavy Price

The price of feeding two million starving Somalis may be all out war, crime and piracy on an unprecedented scale.   There are fears that

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Insult To Injury

Piracy is hampering the delivery of food aid to Somalia, forcing relief agencies to use aircraft or less convenient ports that lengthen delivery time, the African Development Bank's chief economist ...
Ma’anshan

Food Aid

The Chinese navy missile frigate “Ma’anshan” has, in a landmark move, completed the first port-to-port escort of a World Food Programme ship bound for Somalia. The Type 054 frigate escorted the ...