Somali Militants Set Fire to World Food Program Food Aid

Al Shabab extremists in Somalia have set fire to hundreds of sacks of food owned by the World Food Program (WFP) in the city of Merka, the provincial capital of Lower Shabelle region which is about 111 kilometers south of the capital Mogadishu, a regional...

Al-Qaeda Linked Somali Rebel Group Al-Shabab Bans International Relief Organizations From Operating in the Country

The Al Qaeda-linked Somali rebel group of Al-Shabab has announced that all international relief organizations are banned from operating in the country especially in areas under their control. Al-Shabab spokesman in the southern Jubba regions Sheik Hassan...

World Food Programme Seeks Urgent Assistance As Kenya Sinks Deeper Into Food Crisis

After the near total failure of the annual rains in many parts of Kenya, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has appealed for more than $230 million to provide emergency food assistance over the next six months to 3.8 million Kenyans affected...

ZIMBABWE: Food Stockpiling As People Fear the ‘Kenya Syndrome’

Post-election violence in Kenya is creating pre-election nervousness among Zimbabwe’s voters ahead of parliamentary and presidential elections in March, and people are beginning to stockpile food in the event of any possible unrest.