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 GENEVA (AP) - The U.N. food agency said Friday it is cutting rations in half for about 3 million refugees in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur region because of a shortage of money, calling it "scandalous" that it has to stretch out supplies while it pleads for funds.
The World Food Program said it would reduce food handouts to 1,050 calories a person starting Monday — down from the 2,100 calories that is considered the daily minimum requirement, meaning some of those being helped could eventually face starvation.
"This is one of the hardest decisions I have ever made. Haven't the people of Darfur suffered enough?" James Morris, the U.N. program's chief, said.
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