Persistent violence in Somalia is discouraging Western governments from funding aid to 3.2 million people in need even as the Islamic rebels who control much of the country are allowing relief work to continue, a senior United Nations official said. (..) Food is getting to Somalis identified as malnourished and to pregnant and lactating women even after the UN’s World Food Program suspended work because al-Shabaab said the agency couldn’t employ women and had to pay for security.