U.N. agency to cut aid in Darfur
From Times Wire Reports
The United Nations’ World Food Program said it would cut food rations by half for up to 3 million people in Sudan’s Darfur region starting next month because attacks on its trucks had reduced stocks.
The agency said 60 of its contracted trucks had been hijacked since the start of the year, with 39 still missing, 26 drivers unaccounted for and a driver killed last month.
The U.N. program said trucks should be delivering nearly 2,000 tons of food daily to supply warehouses.
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