by Kbc Reporter
Saturday, June 30, 2007
In a statement, the organization claimed that trucks belonging to World Food Program -WFP had been prevented from crossing into Somalia at the El-Wak border, for almost a month now.
The organization said the closure of the border by the Kenyan government had frustrated efforts by other organizations to transport relief aid to the volatile Somalia.
The organization called on Kenyan government to allow humanitarian assistance across its border into Somalia saying that this was the only effective way to deliver humanitarian emergency aid to Somalis in the Gedo and Juba regions.
The government closed the Kenya/Somalia border early last year for security purposes following renewed fighting in Somalia.
Source: KBC, June 30, 2007