The governor explained that the lack of provisions in Bakool is due to the blockages of the main roads by the Al-Shabaab
... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
terrorist bully boys. After the forces of Evil were liberated from a string of towns in the region, Al-Shabaab showed their resistance by disallowing trucks and vehicles carrying rations to enter through the main borders of Bakool.
Military operations by the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) and Somali National Army to wipe out Al-Shabaab in Bakool continue, despite the fact they were unable to remove the roadblocks dumped by the Al-Qaeda affiliated Islamist gunnies hindering thousands of access to food supplies.
Talla calls on the Somali Federal Government to take immediate action and provide the IDP's with adequate supply of food and other emergency aid.