Almost half of refugees in Chad going hungry after aid cuts, poor harvests - U.N.

ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - More than 40 percent of refugee families in Chad are going hungry after their food rations were cut two years ago, forcing many to reduce the number of meals and pushing some into debt, according to United Nations agencies.

Chad in central Africa is home to nearly 400,000 refugees in camps, most of whom fled Sudan's Darfur region more than a decade ago, and 70,000 are from Central African Republic. Some 5,000 have sought refuge from Boko Haram militants in Nigeria.