US Aid Cuts Impact Refugees

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Malnutrition in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp after US aid cuts

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Hundreds of thousands of people are "slowly starving" in Kenyan refugee camps after US aid cuts.

US funding cuts have reduced food rations to their lowest ever levels, a UN official says.

The impact is starkly visible at a hospital in the sprawling Kakuma camp in the north-west of the country.

Emaciated children fill a 30 -bed ward at Kakuma's Amusait Hospital , staring blankly at visitors.

And the prospect of more funding is not very promising and unless things change over the next two months , the refugees are staring at starvation come August . "It is a really dire situation," admits Mr Okeck. "We do have some signals from some one or two donors about support with that cash component. "But remember, the very kind and generous US has been providing over 70% - so if you're still missing 70% those prospects are not good." You may also be interested in: Go to BBCAfrica.com for more news from the African continent..

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