UN Asks Kenya to Allow Humanitarian Aid
Food was being delivered by sea until piracy started causing problems. "The Kenyan overland route was chosen because of major problems with sea routes to Somalia plagued by pirate attacks," said Peter Goossens, WFP Somalia Country Director.
One hundred forty trucks, carrying three months of food supplies for distribution, left Mombasa, heading to Somalia. They were stopped at the border crossing of El-Wak, according to the UN press release. They have been arriving there since May 25th.
Goossen was quoted in the press release as saying, 'Delays in distributing food this month to 108,000 people in Gedo district risks further aggravating the alarming rates of malnutrition that are already reported there."
Kenya has been allowing the UN's food relief agency to use the El-Wak crossing since January when the sea routes became too dangerous. It is the quickest way to Southern Gedo.
"We are in intense contacts with Kenyan authorities to facilitate the passage of this cargo into Somalia...", said Mr. Goossen.
The food agency reported the trucks have been waiting so long at the border that much of the food has been moved to a nearby warehouse.
Fighting between the Transitional Federal Government and rebels have left thousands homeless as they sought refuge. Until now, humanitarian assistance had not been stopped when crossing national borders. The Nairobi Government had closed them to commercial traffic and individuals, in January.
WFP food distributions are scheduled for a third round. This time helping approximately 150,000 displaced persons in Mogadishu. The urgency is apparent in clearing up this matter.
Source: The United Nations, Press Release; UN Appeals to Kenya to Allow Food into Somalia
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Post a Commenti highly thank the UN for the work it has and is still doing.i did my research on Sudan as i finished my law degree recently and what you have done is a commendable job.
Iwish to say that i am available for voluntary activities the organisation would wish to carry out in various parts of that country and elsewhere.
That's horrible. I can't believe that people would deny human beings food and water. Thank you for the informative snippet.