WFP has resumed food deliveries to Uganda’s western town of Bundibugyo, after a one-month halt of operations in the area due to insecurity. A WFP spokeswoman in Nairobi confirmed to IRIN on Wednesday that six trucks carrying 33 mt of food left for Bundibugyo on Tuesday, escorted by the military, while another 60 mt loaded on 11 trucks left on Wednesday. She said the resumption followed a government assurance of security. “The situation appears to have calmed down significantly,” she said. “WFP’s priority is now to find how many more people have been displaced as a result of the [recent] serious upsurge in fighting [by the rebel Allied Democratic Forces],” she added. She said the food agency had carried out distributions in the area that made the food situation “relatively stable” throughout the affected period. “However, we are sure some of the newly displaced families might really need help at the moment,” she said.
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