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Contributor [1]
Thursday, February 6, 2003 - 02:00
Categories: 
Refugees & forced migration [2]
Issue Number: 
98 [3]
Article-Summary: 

Starting this week, refugees in Tanzanian camps will have their rations cut by up to 50 percent due to the lack of any "major food contributions" over the last six months, an employee of the World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. "Our pipeline is running on empty," Mario Leeflang, WFP pipeline officer, told IRIN from the Tanzanian commercial capital, Dar es Salaam.

Category: 
Human Security [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/refugees/13062 [5]
Country: 
Tanzania [6]

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