Somali rebels ban food aid group

Published October 8, 2012 4:22pm ET



NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Militant Islamist rebels in Somalia on Monday announced a ban against another aid group working in a region of Somalia hit hard by hunger.

Al-Shabab said on Twitter that it had banned the British-registered aid group Islamic Relief. The extremists accused the group of working with the United Nations’ World Food Program, which the militants will not allow in its territory.

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