CHAD: RISING TENSIONS RENDER FOOD OUTLOOK PRECARIOUS N’DJAMENA – Amid rising tensions and reported preparations for armed attacks in Chad, the United Nations World Food Programme warned today – election day – that food is becoming a serious issue for some 70,000 people who have either fled the continuous armed incursions in the east of the country or are resident there.
WFP URGENTLY SENDS MORE EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO CONFLICT VICTIMS IN DRC KINSHASA – The United Nations World Food Programme said today that urgently needed WFP food aid was being airlifted aboard helicopters from the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) for thousands of people fleeing fighting in Katanga Province of the eastern DRC.