Somalia Detains U.S. Food Aid Official

From the Associated Press:

Somalia Detains U.N. Food Aid Official

By MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN –

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Dozens of heavily armed government security forces stormed a United Nations compound Wednesday and spirited away the official overseeing emergency food aid for Somalia's war-ruined capital, prompting the agency to suspend distributions.

The World Food Program called for the immediate release of Idris Osman, a Somali in charge of the agency's efforts to help feed tens of thousands of people in Mogadishu. The city is in shambles after more than a decade and a half of chaos and war.