Somalia, South Sudan in eye of storm over theft of US aid

Somalis queue for food in the courtyard of a WFP partner NGO in Mogadishu.

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Somalia and South Sudan are facing renewed humanitarian strain after their biggest donor, the United States, suspended aid over continued diversion and fraud.

The two countries, which rank among the worst humanitarian crises in the Horn of Africa alongside Sudan due to conflict and climate shocks, now risk further shortages of relief supplies.