Humanitarian Aid to CAR Hindered By Cameroon’s Truckers Strike
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Dakar — A truck drivers’ strike in Cameroon over deteriorating security conditions in neighbouring Central African Republic is stopping humanitarian aid from reaching thousands of children, said the U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
Around 3,000 cartons of ready-to-use therapeutic food – used to treat malnutrition in children under five – are stuck in Cameroon, along with 24 metric tonnes of aluminium sulphite for water treatment, hygiene kits and cold storage for vaccines. All the aid is destined for CAR.
“The current situation in CAR is making it extremely difficult for UNICEF to get life-saving supplies to those in need,” said UNICEF Central African Republic Emergency Chief Robert McCarthy…
Full article at: allafrica.com
Humanitarian aid deliveries to Central African Republic have been hindered by the violence and lack of law and order in the region. They have been struggling to stabilize the country since the Seleka rebels overthrew the government in March. French President Francois Hollande described the situation in CAR as “very grave”. UNICEF is the major provider of humanitarian aid food supplies in Central African Republic, so these delays also affect other organizations to starving adults and the more than 13,000 children suffering from severe malnutrition.
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[…] Humanitarian aid deliveries to Central African Republic have been hindered by the violence and lack of law and order in the region. They have been struggling to stabilize the country since the Seleka rebels overthrew the government in March. […]