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Somalia detains US-trained officers over stolen rations

School-going children serve food during lunchtime at a a centre supported by WFP. [Courtesy, WFP]

Somali authorities have detained members of an elite US-trained commando unit for stealing food rations, two officials said Friday, as the Mogadishu government announced it would now assume the responsibility for provisions.

The United States has been a vital backer of Somalia's Danab Brigade commandos, an elite army force involved in the fight against the Al-Shabaab militant group linked with Al-Qaeda.

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