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Aid Funding Cuts and Malnutrition Force Kakuma Refugees Back to South Sudan

Men carry bags of food aid at the Kakuma refugee camp in northern Kenya, March 6, 2018. Picture taken March 6, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Refugees in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya are starving and suffering from malnutrition. The slashing of the United States Agency for International Development in early 2025 has led to a 70% decrease in funding for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). The WFP has had to cut the refugees’ rations to 30% of the minimum recommended amount a person should eat to stay healthy, leaving 45% of South Sudanese, the largest group of refugees, without food assistance. This has…