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Despite aid theft, UN calls for more food aid to Somalia. Somalia has also had no effective government since the downfall of the dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991, while pirate gangs have for more than five years been a maj.
The two have good reason to be afraid. Last week flash floods killed seven people in the South Waziristan tribal agency on the Pakistan-Afghan border after heavy downpours led to houses collapsing.
Islamist Group Claims Responsibility for Nigeria Bombing. At least two people were killed and several others wounded in the blast. Spokesman Usman Alzawahiri says yes, the blast is their handi.