A displaced family taking refuge in a camp outside Mogadishu, Somalia. The United States has delayed food aid out of fears that it will be diverted to terrorists. Mohamed Dahir/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesU.N. Running Out Of Food Aid For Somalia -- Washington Post
ROME -- The United Nations says it is running out of food for millions of starving Somalis, in part because the United States is delaying aid amid fears it could be intercepted by militants linked to al-Qaeda.
Last month, the U.N. World Food Program began cutting rations by up to half for some people in the lawless, impoverished East African nation, and it will run out of supplies in December, the Rome-based agency said Saturday.
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