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Britain admits Somali Islamists stole $750,000 of aid supplies Aug 11th 2013, 02:52 LONDON – Members of the Shebab Islamist group have stolen £480,000 ($750,000, 550,000 euros) worth of British government-funded humanitarian materials and supplies in Somalia, it emerged on Sunday.   The theft, revealed in the fine print of the Department for International Development's annual accounts, is likely to fuel concerns about how Britain is spending its foreign aid at a time of budget cuts at home.   The accounts describe the "theft between November 2011 and February 2012, by al-Shebab in southern Somalia, of DFID funded humanitarian materials and supplies from the offices and warehouses of partner organizations, to which DFID had provided funding to de... Keep on reading: Britain admits Somali Islamists stole $750,000 of aid supplies

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