ROME – The World Food Program says it has “zero
tolerance” for any case in which food aid fails to reach the needy, amid
reports that shipments of food have been stolen in famine-hit Somalia.
The U.N. agency’s deputy executive director, Sheila Sisulu,
said Thursday that “when we hear of food gone astray we immediately
investigate.” She spoke at a conference by the Food and Agriculture
Organization on the crisis in East Africa.
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WFP said it brings 5,000 tons of food a month into the
Somali capital, Mogadishu.
An investigation by The Associated Press found that sacks of
grain and other food staples meant for starving Somalis are being stolen and
sold in Somali markets, raising concerns that the unscrupulous are stealing
from international famine relief efforts.
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