1.5 CAR citizens starve,war dislodges 600,000
Civil war in The Central African Republic (CAR) has internally displaced 440 000 people and forced 190 000 into asylum abroad.
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has reported today that 1.5 million people in CAR have been considered as being in a moderate to severe food situation.
According to the UN website www.un.org/apps,WFP spokesperson Elisabeth Byrs pointed to the agency’s recent report evaluating the food security situation in the CAR at a press briefing in Geneva.
“At the same time more than 36 000 people-including the Peihl-remain trapped in enclaves across the country, hoping to find asylum in neighbouring countries,” the site says.
The site says in December last year Under-Secretary-General for Peace Keeping Operations Herve Ladsous warned of a potentially explosive situation amid continuing violent clashes between the Muslim Seleka Alliance and Christian Anti –Balaka Malitia.
According to the site Ms Byrs said the report had found that those most affected by food insecurity were poor women headed households, and those headed by displaced or returning people, whose primary sources of food were markets.
She said such people lacked money and had low levels of education.
“As a result affected people were now adopting copying strategies that were becoming increasingly damaging,” she cautioned.
She said with the sale of food products amounting to 60% of incomes across the CAR, a precipitous reduction in food production was also jeopardizing household incomes and narrowing the scope of job opportunities.
The report that covered 2166 households across the country between September 13 and 25 2014 assessed how the agency would best address the CAR needs .
The report mapped out the long term negative effects of food insecurity on children’s growth and people’s means of income.
The report also noted that people living with host families and in camps were among the most vulnerable groups.
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) has reported today that 1.5 million people in CAR have been considered as being in a moderate to severe food situation.
According to the UN website www.un.org/apps,WFP spokesperson Elisabeth Byrs pointed to the agency’s recent report evaluating the food security situation in the CAR at a press briefing in Geneva.
“At the same time more than 36 000 people-including the Peihl-remain trapped in enclaves across the country, hoping to find asylum in neighbouring countries,” the site says.
The site says in December last year Under-Secretary-General for Peace Keeping Operations Herve Ladsous warned of a potentially explosive situation amid continuing violent clashes between the Muslim Seleka Alliance and Christian Anti –Balaka Malitia.
According to the site Ms Byrs said the report had found that those most affected by food insecurity were poor women headed households, and those headed by displaced or returning people, whose primary sources of food were markets.
She said such people lacked money and had low levels of education.
“As a result affected people were now adopting copying strategies that were becoming increasingly damaging,” she cautioned.
She said with the sale of food products amounting to 60% of incomes across the CAR, a precipitous reduction in food production was also jeopardizing household incomes and narrowing the scope of job opportunities.
The report that covered 2166 households across the country between September 13 and 25 2014 assessed how the agency would best address the CAR needs .
The report mapped out the long term negative effects of food insecurity on children’s growth and people’s means of income.
The report also noted that people living with host families and in camps were among the most vulnerable groups.