The United Nations (UN) refugee agencies are requesting for 80 million dollars from donors to provide food assistance to refugees in Ethiopia.
The amount of food that refugees receive was cut by 20pc last year. It fell below the 2,100 Kilocalories per day required to sustain the average person. The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Higher Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) forsee deeper cuts to the amount of food from April onwards unless new funding is received in March.
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