UN cutting food and aid to Darfur in half as hunger is on the rise? WHY?

The UN is cutting in half its daily rations in Sudan's Darfur region because of a severe funding shortfall.

From May the ration will be half the minimum amount required each day. The cut comes as the UN said Darfur's malnutrition rates are rising again.

Nearly 3m people depend on food aid after being driven off their land.

But little has come from the EU and nothing at all from any of Sudan's partners in the Arab League, except Libya, the World Food Programme says.

"This is one of the hardest decisions I have ever made," James Morris, head of the WFP, said.

Despite a ceasefire and on-going peace negotiations, large areas of Darfur are now affected by fighting between government forces, militias and rebels.

This is also hampering the delivery of food and other aid operations.
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