### [2026-06-25](/feed/2026/06/25/index.md)

##### Somalia–United States relations
# Abdikerm Abdelahi Eidleh, a central suspect in the massive $240+ million Feeding Our Future child nutrition aid fraud scheme, is apprehended in Mogadishu, Somalia. FBI accuses him of fleeing the United States in 2022 and evading prosecution for more than four years before his capture. 




### Sources:

1. [AP via CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/26/us/minnesota-fraud-custody-eidleh)
2. [CBS](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/minnesota-fraud-arrest-somalia-abdikerm-eidleh/)
3. [Justice Department](https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/man-taken-custody-somalia-role-feeding-our-future-fraud-scheme)

### Related:

1. [International representatives, excluding those from the United Kingdom and the United States, meet in Mogadishu and deem the administration of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as the "de facto" Somali government. Operational Policy 7.30, a framework typically applied to countries that have lost statehood or where a government assumes power outside the country’s constitutional framework, will be utilized. ](/feed/2026/05/16/international-representatives-excluding-those-from-the-united-kingdom-and-the-united-states-meet-in-mogadishu-and-deem.md) _Context: Mogadishu, Somalia_
2. [Satellite images show Turkey has recently deployed at least three F-16 fighter jets to Aden Adde International Airport in Mogadishu, Somalia, to support Somali military operations against al-Shabaab and other militant groups. ](/feed/2026/02/3/satellite-images-show-turkey-has-recently-deployed-at-least-three-f-16-fighter-jets-to-aden-adde-international-airport-i.md) _Context: Mogadishu, Somalia_
3. [The U.S. State Department suspends all ongoing assistance programs to Somalia, alleging that the Somali government destroyed an American-funded World Food Programme warehouse and stole 76 tonnes of food aid. ](/feed/2026/01/7/the-us-state-department-suspends-all-ongoing-assistance-programs-to-somalia-alleging-that-the-somali-government-destr.md) _Context: Somalia, Somalia–United States relations_
4. [Residents of Mogadishu, Somalia, vote to elect 390 district council members who will select the city's mayor, marking Somalia's first direct election since 1969, serving as a pilot for planned nationwide polls. ](/feed/2025/12/25/residents-of-mogadishu-somalia-vote-to-elect-390-district-council-members-who-will-select-the-city-s-mayor-marking-so.md) _Context: Mogadishu, Somalia_
5. [At least three people are killed amid fierce clashes between security forces and local militants in Somalia's capital city Mogadishu due to tensions over residential building evictions and demolitions. ](/feed/2025/08/14/at-least-three-people-are-killed-amid-fierce-clashes-between-security-forces-and-local-militants-in-somalia-s-capital-ci.md) _Context: Mogadishu, Somalia_
6. [At least five Ugandan soldiers are killed and some others are injured when a military Mi-24 helicopter part of the African Union peacekeeping mission crashes near Aden Adde airport in Mogadishu, Somalia's capital. The helicopter carrying eight people had been arriving from an airfield in the Lower Shabelle region of Somalia. ](/feed/2025/07/2/at-least-five-ugandan-soldiers-are-killed-and-some-others-are-injured-when-a-military-mi-24-helicopter-part-of-the-afric.md) _Context: Mogadishu, Somalia_
7. [At least seven people die and others are injured over two districts in Mogadishu, Somalia, after a flood triggered by severe rainfall sweeps infrastructure including Aden Adde Airport. The rain also collapses nine houses and floods over 200 others. ](/feed/2025/05/10/at-least-seven-people-die-and-others-are-injured-over-two-districts-in-mogadishu-somalia-after-a-flood-triggered-by-se.md) _Context: Mogadishu, Somalia_
8. [A de Havilland Canada DHC-5 Buffalo cargo plane en route from Dhobley Airport in Lower Juba, Jubaland, to Aden Adde International Airport in Somalia’s capital city, Mogadishu, crashes in the Ceel Xabaaloow settlement in Lower Shabelle, South West State, killing all five Kenyan crew members on board. ](/feed/2025/03/22/a-de-havilland-canada-dhc-5-buffalo-cargo-plane-en-route-from-dhobley-airport-in-lower-juba-jubaland-to-aden-adde-inte.md) _Context: Mogadishu, Somalia_
9. [The U.S. Embassy in Mogadishu warns of imminent attack threats in Somalia, including at Aden Adde International Airport. Embassy personnel movements are suspended. ](/feed/2025/03/5/the-us-embassy-in-mogadishu-warns-of-imminent-attack-threats-in-somalia-including-at-aden-adde-international-airport.md) _Context: Mogadishu, Somalia, Somalia–United States relations_
10. [Somali capital city Mogadishu enters a security lockdown after several mortars were fired toward Aden Adde International Airport during a visit from Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. ](/feed/2025/02/27/somali-capital-city-mogadishu-enters-a-security-lockdown-after-several-mortars-were-fired-toward-aden-adde-international.md) _Context: Mogadishu, Somalia_