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Pirates Of The Horn Of Africa

October 2007 | Risk Summary

Relations between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and international bodies worsened in October, when Idris Osman, the head of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) in Mogadishu, was arrested on unknown charges. Osman was detained for six days after a raid on the UN compound.

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