UN News Service:
Calling on authorities to take action to curb piracy in Somali waters, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) hailed the release of a hijacked ship used for carrying food aid which had been hijacked in February off the coast of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in the northeast of the African country.
The MV Rozen and its 12-member crew, comprising six Kenyans and six Sri Lankans, had completed its contract with WFP on 22 February when it dropped off 1,800 metric tons of food from Mombasa in Kenya to Bossaso in Somalia when it was hijacked on 25 February.
Due to the unsecurity in Somalia, this kind of incidents has caused reluctance among shippers to carry cargoes to Somalia, creating delays in delivering much-needed food aid to the country, letting the country in a even more poor and desesperant situation.
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Calling on authorities to take action to curb piracy in Somali waters, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) hailed the release of a hijacked ship used for carrying food aid which had been hijacked in February off the coast of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in the northeast of the African country.
The MV Rozen and its 12-member crew, comprising six Kenyans and six Sri Lankans, had completed its contract with WFP on 22 February when it dropped off 1,800 metric tons of food from Mombasa in Kenya to Bossaso in Somalia when it was hijacked on 25 February.
Due to the unsecurity in Somalia, this kind of incidents has caused reluctance among shippers to carry cargoes to Somalia, creating delays in delivering much-needed food aid to the country, letting the country in a even more poor and desesperant situation.
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