Food Distribution Increases in CAR

The World Food Program says emergency food supplies are reaching more people in Central African Republic. However, the main supply road from Cameroon to CAR’s capital Bangui remains insecure. Armed groups frequently have targeted civilians based on their religion. Since mid-February, the World Food Program has bolstered its food stocks using airlifts. Those airlifts, though, are due to end this week. They were needed because truck convoys from Cameroon were too few – and carried too...

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