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Government requests emergency food aid

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    Prime Minister Pierre-Celestin Rwigema on Monday said the country faced a 158,000 mt cereal deficit and required US $10 million to provide emergency assistance to some 78,912 families for at least six months, Radio Rwanda reported. Rwigema, addressing diplomats in Kigali, said families in five prefectures were “devastated” by food shortages caused mainly by climate changes, population growth and lack of inter-regional trade. The affected prefectures are Umutara, Gitarama, Kigali-Rural, Kibungo and Butare, the radio said.

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