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Food deficit reported in some parts

    NAIROBI
    Some 20,000 vulnerable families in three prefectures are suffering from food shortages, a WFP official in Kigali told IRIN on Wednesday. The families live in Umutara in the northeast, Kibungo in the east and Gikongoro in the southwest. "We are experiencing a low food pipeline and it is difficult to cover all these families," he said. He said WFP would soon start a free food distribution in the areas and expects a shipment of 1,600 mt of food in October. He said other people would also be targeted with a food-for-work programme in the pre-harvest period.

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