Mogadishu — Internally displaced Somalis on the outskirts of El Bur in Galgadud region are complaining that in the face of increasing food shortages, al-Shabaab has ordered them not to accept any food aid and is jailing anyone who defies the order.
On January 27th, 16 traditional elders from El Shil village, eight kilometres from El Bur, were detained by al-Shabaab for failing to abide by the group's directive, traditional elder Hassan Hurshe told Sabahi.
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