As much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, radical Islamist militants and local United Nations staff members, according to a new Security Council report.
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20100310/ZNYT03/3103014/1005?Title=Somalia-Food-Aid-Bypasses-Needy-U-N-Study-Finds
For the last 50 years, aid to 3rd world countries has been hijacked in a manner similar to this report. Yet, the aid providers and the UN, et al, always act surprised at these findings.
Because of the endemic and rampant ongoing corruption by many of the "governments" whose people are supposed to be the recipients of this aid, one can only conclude that either the donors are extremely naive - or, they know exactly what's going on, and aid is just a round-about way of paying off local governments and factions, in the guise of "aid".
Stumble It!
Why pretend otherwise?
...it is also why my food feeds my family, not some warlord.
Of course, sending the corrupt to manage the massively corrupt is just asinine. I'm surprised that 50% made it to those that it was actually intended for. Not bad considering that there is no acting government for 99% of the country.
http://www.thestar.com/news/investigati ... audit?bn=1