UN News Service (New York):
Following a deadly attack on an aid ship in the waters off Somalia, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today appealed for international action against piracy, warning that it is seriously threatening relief deliveries to the country.
On Saturday, a Somali guard was killed when he helped repulse a new pirate attack on a ship that had just delivered WFP food assistance to the Somali port of Merka. As a result, the agents of a WFP-contracted vessel this morning refused to allow the ship loaded with food to sail for Somalia.
Shipping is the main and fastest route WFP uses to move large amounts of food to Somalia. Despite the challenges, the agency recently began a new round of food distributions to 122,500 people forced to flee fighting in Mogadishu.
Pirates have hijacked at least five ships off Somalia this year. The UN estimates that since February between 300,000 and 400,000 people fled Mogadishu, where fighting has flared between the Ethiopian-backed Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and anti-TFG forces.
If a country can't ensure it's infrastructure, the lines of distribution can not function, so the country's industry couldn't work. Somalia must assegurate it's infraestructure to the economy can grow and so the wellbeing of the people can grow.
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