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[IndependentOnline: 2010-03-10]

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Up to half of the food aid intended for needy Somalis is routinely diverted, according to a United Nations report, an extract of which was obtained by AFP on Wednesday. The report by the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia, originally tasked with tracking violations of the arms embargo, was very critical of the world body"s food agency WFP and condemned a de facto cartel of distributors. The report, which was submitted to the UN Securi. . .
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