Food shortages critical in south

Food stocks in Cuando Cubango province, in southern Angola, are running out and the situation could become critical in the next three months if displaced persons in Menongue are not helped immediately, a church official told a Portuguese radio station on Tuesday. According to Bishop Dom Alves Queiros, concerns were rising over the first cases of anaemia in children due to the serious food shortage in the region. Queiros said the food shortages could become even more dramatic as the harvesting season approached an end while constant appeals by WFP had met with little response. The bishop said a similar situation was also being experienced in Moxico province where more than 9,000 displaced persons have settled in Luau.