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WFP ship carrying tsunami aid hijacked off Somalia amid new piracy alerts
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| News Date | Thursday, June 30, 2005 05:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | NAIROBI (AFP) - A UN-chartered vessel carrying aid for Somali tsunami victims has been hijacked off the coast of Somalia amid a flurry of new piracy warnings for the area, the World Food Programme (WFP) said.
The freighter hauling 850 tonnes of Japanese and German food aid was seized by unidentified pirates on Monday between Haradhere and Hobyo, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) northeast of Mogadishu, it said in a statement.
"It is against international humanitarian law to hinder the passage of humanitarian assistance and there is no justification for hijacking," the WFP said.
The WFP country director for Somalia, Robert Hauser, appealed for the immediate release of the ship, its 10-member crew and the food aid and urged "local authorities and community elders to intervene in this regard."
The Japanese- and German-donated rice was donated in response to a WFP appeal for assistance to some 28,000 Somalis affected by the December 26, 2004 tsunami that devastated countries around the Indian Ocean. |
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