Trump To End All Aid To Somalia After Food Supplies Destroyed By Govt.

The embassy said the action likely resulted in the destruction of the emergency food supplies and was carried out over the objections of the World Food Programme.

The cable cited corruption as the apparent motive behind the demolition.

The Port of Mogadishu is managed by a Turkish company seeking to expand operations, and Somalia’s Minister of Ports was described in the cable as acting as Turkey’s primary agent in the country.

Turkey has expanded its footprint across Somali industries in recent years, often operating under contracts that favor Turkish interests, the cable said.

At the time of the demolition, an additional 1,650 metric tons of food commodities were scheduled to arrive in early January and had to be diverted to alternative storage facilities. Continue reading…