WORLDMAGNUM: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: FOOD INSECURITY & POLITICAL TENSIONS (WFP)

WorldLeadersTV: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: FOOD INSECURITY & POLITICAL TENSIONS (WFP) MaximsNewsNetwork: 03 August 2013: UN World Food Programme: WFP: Damara, Central African Republic - The World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling-up operations in the Central African Republic (CAR) amid increasing concerns that ongoing insecurity is fuelling hunger among people who have fled their homes and farms. Reaching vulnerable people who are too fearful to return to their villages is one of WFP's biggest challenges. Most of the displaced are farmers who may not be able to return in time for the planting season. Rations are crucial as they are between harvests (the lean season). The next harvest is in December and although the rains have been good, many have not had access to their fields and have had seeds and animals stolen or killed. Rebels took the capital Damara, on 24 March most people fled in terror amid intense fighting. According to WFP assessments some 484,000 people in CAR are at risk of food insecurity -130,500 are classified as in urgent need of food aid. The country is one of Africa's most volatile, with a rebel leader in the presidential palace, an ousted president in exile and a suspended constitution. UNITED NATIONS WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME: WFP MaximsNewsNetwork®™ & WorldLeadersTelevision™ News Network for the United Nations and the International Community™ "GIVING POWER & RESONANCE TO THE VOICE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY" ™ See: http://www.MaximsNews.com See: http://www.WorldLeadersTV.com ASIA100TVNet™ ASIATV100Net™ MAGNUMMAXIM™ TodaysNetworkNews™ WORLDMAGNUM™ GLOBALMAXIM™ TODAYSNETNEWS™ NewsNetworkToday™ NetworkNewsToday™ MaximsNewsEconomics™ MaximsNewsWorld™ MaximsNewsGlobal™ MaximsNewsGreen™ MaximsNewsWater™