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Somalia: U.N. Revamps Food Program

NEW YORK TIMES
Thursday, May 13, 2010
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR

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The World Food Program in Somalia is addressing flaws in its distribution system exposed earlier this year by a United Nations Security Council report, which concluded that half the $485 million in food aid in 2009 was diverted by corrupt contractors, Islamic militants or United Nations staff members. The United Nations team in Somalia is developing a database of all service providers and revising its control system for the delivery of aid and cash transfers, according to the latest council report.

Source: The New York Times