Deadly Attacks Force Doctors Without Borders To Quit Somalia -- Reuters
* Charity says 16 staff killed since 1991
* Islamist militants loot hospital, force patients out
* War-torn Somalia still faces stubborn insurgency (Adds al Shabaab looting, quotes from district chief)
NAIROBI, Aug 14 (Reuters) - A medical charity that was a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of Somalis announced on Wednesday it was pulling out of the country, saying the threat of deadly violence had become intolerable.
The withdrawal of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), or Doctors Without Borders, is a blow to the government's effort to persuade Somalis and foreign donors that security is improving and a stubborn Islamist insurgency is on the wane.
"The closure of our activities is a direct result of extreme attacks on our staff, in an environment where armed groups and civilian leaders increasingly support, tolerate or condone the killing, assaulting and abducting of humanitarian aid workers," Unni Karunakara, MSF's international president, told reporters in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
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Doctors Without Borders To Quit Somalia
Doctors Without Borders Is Forced to Abandon Somalia -- Atlantic Wire
Médecins Sans Frontières to pull out of Somalia after 22 years -- The Guardian
Doctors Without Borders Pulls out of Somalia -- ABC News/AP
MSF closes operations in Somalia over 'extreme attacks' -- BBC
Deadly attacks force Doctors Without Borders to quit Somalia -- Swiss Info
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