{"id":12598,"date":"2023-09-21T22:44:26","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T22:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/?p=12598"},"modified":"2023-09-23T08:48:47","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T08:48:47","slug":"somalia-bans-resale-of-aid-after-alleged-theft-of-eu-funds-through-wfp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sooha.org\/en\/2023\/09\/21\/somalia-bans-resale-of-aid-after-alleged-theft-of-eu-funds-through-wfp\/","title":{"rendered":"Somalia bans resale of aid after alleged theft of EU funds through WFP"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU —<\/strong>\u00a0Somalia banned the trading of humanitarian aid stuff in a black market following the suspension of EU funds through the UN Food Agency [WFP] over theft.<\/p>\n

The announcement was made in a press release jointly issued by the National Disaster Management Agency, the Ministries of Relief of the Federal States, and the Banadir region.<\/p>\n

The decision is aimed at preventing the corruption of humanitarian aid from foreign countries and relief organizations which are meant to save the lives of the drought victims.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone involved in the black marketing or resale of humanitarian aid goods from aid agencies will be brought to court and prosecuted,\u201d reads the joint statement in part.<\/p>\n

EU halted all funds to WFP after a corruption scandal of $7 million intended to give the IDPs in cash through voucher cards. Security force members and local officials are involved.<\/p>\n

Located in the Horn of Africa, Somalia is beset by a severe drought that impacted 8 million people, half of the country\u2019s population due to five years of successive failed rainy seasons.<\/p>\n

Source: SMN\u00a0 \u00a0 Origin: View original<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOGADISHU —\u00a0Somalia banned the trading of humanitarian aid stuff in a black market following the suspension of EU funds through the UN Food Agency [WFP] over theft. The announcement was made in a press release jointly issued by the National Disaster Management Agency, the Ministries of Relief of the Federal States, and the Banadir region. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-food-security-cluster","category-news","category-relief"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t