(SomaliNet) Horn Relief which is one of the aid organizations that operate in Somalia has also suspended all its operations in Kismayo because of security concerns, officials of the group said according to a press statement issued by the organization. The permanent secretary of the organization has confirmed the suspension of its activities. The organization issued the press statement in Kenyan capital Nairobi. A Horn Relief official, Ahmad Bariyow, was killed in Kismayo on 17 May. Horn Relief is the second organization to suspend humanitarian activities in Kismayo. MSF had suspended its operations in the area way back in January of this year.
The agency also revealed it was to stop some development projects in the region.
This suspension comes after wave of killing spree against aid workers in Somalia. Medicines sans frontiers took the same measures for security reasons.