The aid agency had a staff of about 1,500 in the country , where it has operated since 1991 . Civilian government ` ` of the killing , torture and abducting ` ` of aid workers , it said . `` ... The situation in the country has created an untenable imbalance between the risks and compromises our staff must make , and our ability to provide assistance to the Somali people . '' Somalia has been plagued by a struggle between government forces and Al - Shabaab .
The aid agency had a staff of about 1,500 in the country , where it has operated since 1991 . Civilian government ` ` of the killing , torture and abducting ` ` of aid workers , it said . Somalia has been plagued by a struggle between government forces and Al - Shabaab .