UK Aid to Somalia Fallen into Hands of al-Qaeda
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Amid harsh cuts in the United Kingdom from the economic crisis, almost half a million pounds of aid and equipment has fallen into the hands of al-Qaeda, the Department for International Development admitted.
Al-Qaeda's Somali franchise, al-Shabaab, has confiscated "humanitarian aid and supplies" worth around £480,000 from DfID contractors in multiple incidents over at least three months.
"It is surprising that no action was taken, which suggests that, at best, DfID was asleep to the loss of its property and, at worst, that its local partners were colluding with the terrorists," an aid industry expert told the British daily The Telegraph.
This comes as the United Kingdom along with the European Union intend to supply arms to the foreign armed terrorist groups fighting against the Syrian government, adding risks that the military aid might slip into hands of extremist groups such as al-Nusra Front.
Source: The Independent, edited by website team
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