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WFP food for Chad, The Gambia, Mauritania

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    The WFP has decided to provide emergency supplies for various parts of Chad, The Gambia and Mauritania, threatened by food insecurity.

    In Mauritania, some 161,690 vulnerable persons in Aftout (southwest) and Affole (south) will initially receive around 6,900 mt of food, WFP said in its latest emergency report, released on Friday.

    In The Gambia, 14 percent of the rural population in the districts of Upper Niumis, Fonis, West Wuli, Kiang West and Central and North Bank Upper Plains have been identified as highly food insecure and will receive about 1,000 mt of relief food from the Programme.

    In Chad, WFP will initially provide 1,336 mt of food aid, expected to cover two months' food requirement, for 53,690 extremely vulnerable persons in Tandjile, Logone Occidental and Oriental in the southwest of the country.

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