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Failure of Libyan ship shows limits on aid to Gaza

GAZA CITY: Hamas officials, a crowd of porters, a fleet of flatbed trucks and a flag-waving scout troupe assembled at Gaza City's port Monday to welcome a unique arrival: a Libyan freighter flouting an Israeli blockade to bring 3,000 tons of aid to this impoverished seaside strip.But the ship never arrived.It was turned back by the Israeli navy, ending the first high-profile attempt to break the blockade of Gaza. Analysts said the incident showed that Arab and Muslim nations, while eager to...

SUDAN: Darfur food rations cut, Ban decries rising insecurity

Banditry in Darfurhas prevented the delivery of sufficient food stocks to the western Sudaneseregion, thereby forcing the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to reduce monthlyrations, the agency said. The rations, which benefited 2.4 million people inMarch, will be halved per person per day from May, WFP spokesman Peter Smerdonsaid on 17 April. So far this year, 60 WFP-contracted trucks have beenhijacked in Darfur, of which 39 are stillmissing. Twenty six drivers remain unaccounted for, while one...

IGP Reiterates Time Limit for Truck Movements

Ahead of the yearly renewal of vehicle licences for both commercial and private vehicles throughout the country, the Inspector General of Police last Thursday re-emphasised the authorities’ determination to enforce the time limit for the plying of the roads by trucks, while outlining the process for the renewal and procurement of vehicle licences. The following is an unedited version of the press release. The Inspector General of Police is hereby informing all vehicle owners that the Police...

GLOBAL: Agencies "waste money on poor fleet management"

Four-by-fours with bull bars and long radio antennas have become emblematic of relief operations - and a target for critics. Humanitarian agencies operate an estimated 70,000 vehicles and could save millions annually with better management of cars and trucks, a lobby group has told IRIN. Better acquisition, management and disposal of vehicles could save 12-17 percent (between US$120 million and $170 million a year) of an estimated $1 billion annual spend, according to the Fleet Forum. The...

SOMALIA: Displaced families overwhelm Lower Shabelle town

Local authorities in Merka, Lower Shabelle region, 100km south of the Somali capital Mogadishu, have warned that thousands of displaced people seeking refuge in the town desperately need assistance. "We have officially registered about 7,250 families [43,500 people] from March to August," said Mahamud Dahir Qooley, an interior ministry official in charge of humanitarian issues in the region. He said there were two categories of displaced - those who fled the fighting in Mogadishu and those...