U.N. to End Some Deals for Food to Somalia

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and MOHAMED IBRAHIM

World Food Program officials said it would welcome an independent investigation into its Somalia operations after a report that up to half the food aid was being diverted.

Times Topics: Somalia

Morocco: 20 Foreign Missionaries Expelled

By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

The Christians were expelled after religious authorities accused them of proselytism, which is illegal in Morocco.

Recent Features on Africa

Sacks of food in a warehouse in Mogadishu. A United Nations report suggests an overhaul in the food distribution system.

Somalia Food Aid Bypasses Needy, U.N. Study Says

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN and NEIL MacFARQUHAR

As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted to a web of corrupt contractors, a report found.

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Shower of Aid Brings Flood of Progress

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

Bombarding a Kenyan town with health care, education and job training seems to be lifting people out of poverty, but can the results be magnified?

The Nation Full of Strong Women

By DOREEN CARVAJAL

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the Liberian president, has relied on mothers and women for popular support and to rebuild a country that essentially failed.

U.S. Aiding Somalia in Its Plan to Retake Its Capital

By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN

The U.S. is concerned about terrorism links between Somalia and Yemen, and its assistance could be crucial to the effort by Somalia’s government to bring order after decades of anarchy.

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A Quiet Bridge to Young Victims

By KERRI MACDONALD

For more than seven years, Mariella Furrer has been has been involved with a project so draining that she has had to seek medical help: photographing young victims of sexual abuse in South Africa.