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UN agencies highlight shortfall in refugee funding

    NAIROBI

    WFP and UNHCR on Monday drew attention to a funding crisis that threatens to undermine humanitarian assistance to refugees in Kenya. Of the 16 countries where WFP and UNHCR had joint operations, Kenya was second only to Tanzania in terms of its funding crisis. A shortfall of US $7.4 million represented 30 percent of the food aid required by WFP for refugees in Kenya, a press release by the agencies stated. Since October 1999, over 20,000 additional refugees had entered the country “to escape harsh conditions in Somalia and Sudan”, the statement added.

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