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US suspends assistance to Somalia’s federal government, alleging it seized food aid
The U.S. halted aid after Somali officials allegedly seized 76 metric tons of food aid, with resumption contingent on Somalia's accountability, reflecting a zero-tolerance policy.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. State Department suspended all assistance to Somalia's federal government after alleging officials destroyed a World Food Programme warehouse and seized 76 metric tons of food aid.
- U.S. officials say Mogadishu Port authorities allegedly demolished a World Food Programme warehouse at President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's direction, with Somali officials yet to respond, the State Department's Under Secretary noted.
- The State Department cited `The Trump Administration has a zero-tolerance policy for waste, theft, and diversion of life-saving assistance,` and said the U.S. provided $770 million for Somalia last year, with only a fraction going directly to the government.
- The State Department has paused all ongoing U.S. assistance programs benefiting the Somali Federal Government, saying aid will resume only if the Somali Federal Government takes accountability and remedial steps.
- In recent months, the administration has slashed foreign aid, dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development, and increased immigration raids in Minneapolis, Minnesota, complicating the suspension's impact.
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The U.S. State Department reprimanded the Somali leaders on Wednesday after an alleged food aid theft. It also suspended "all U.S. assistance programs" in the country, according to a message published on X.
(Johannesburg=Yonhap News) Correspondent Yoo Hyun-min = The United States is suspending all support to the Somali federal government, raising suspicions that it has confiscated food aid intended for the poor...
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