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WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) - The U.N. World Food Program said Thursday it may halt food distribution to 90,000 orphans and vulnerable children in Namibia by the end of the year because of a critical shortage of funding.
WFP is facing a shortfall of $4 million for its operations in Namibia through to April. In the rest of southern Africa, it needs $48 million for programs in Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
WFP has been working with the Namibian government for the last 18 months to establish programs to feed children across the country's six northern regions, focussing on those who have lost parents to HIV/AIDS.
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