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World Food Programme Halves Food Aid for Refugees in Malawi

The funding shortfall has forced the World Food Programme (WFP) in Malawi to cut by one-half food rations for more than 50,000 people at the country's only refugee camp, Dzaleka. Refugees are complaining of inadequate food assistance, a situation that has forced some of them to voluntarily return home.

Earlier this month, 38 refugees from Burundi returned home, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees said plans are underway to repatriate another group of more than 50 refugees. WFP in Malawi attributes the shortfall to a number of factors, including the high cost of food both locally and globally.

Dzaleka refugee camp is home to upwards of 50,000 refugees, mainly from the DR Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Somalia.

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Vincent Tremeau / WFP

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