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Somalia: WFP welcomes Canada naval escort in Somalia Thu. August 07, 2008 09:27 am.- By Bonny Apunyu. - (SomaliNet) The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed Canada's decision to send a frigate to Somalia to protect ships carrying food aid from pirate attacks. As the Canadian protection is only until September, a WFP spokesman also called for more naval support. A vessel will be diverted from a NATO mission in the Mediterranean to escort WFP ships travelling into Somalian ports, Canada's defence minister said. About 2.5m Somalis rely on food aid, most of which is transported by sea. The seas off Somalia have some of the highest rates of piracy in the world. Peter Smerdon, the WFP spokesman in East Africa, told the BBC that the Canadian warship should arrive in the next 10 days. He said that plans are now being made to ship grain from South Africa to Somalia. In June, the UN Security Council voted to allow countries to send warships into Somalia's waters to tackle the pirates. The WFP warned that month that it might have to cut food aid to Somalia after French, Danish and Dutch frigates finished their escort duties. –BBC News Category: Somalia Latest Headlines Latest News Iraqi: Law maker killed in bomb attack ... Pakistan: Roadside bomb kills 11 in Pakistan US to revise North Korea's terrorism blacklist status... Belgium: 500 kilos of cocaine found in tuna shipment<... Nigeria: Senior official not guilty over $40 million... Ethiopia: 4.6 million Ethiopian now need emergency ... Africa: AU chairman urges world not to cut aid to Af... DR Congo: Gov’t asks UN council to meet on Rwandan i... South Africa: ANC likely to split says leading dissi... Libya cuts oil supplies to Switzerland ... More News...