Food crisis looms in Central Africa: UN

A food crisis is looming in the Central African Republic after nearly a year of inter-religious violence, a UN humanitarian official warned Sunday. "It is now that the humanitarian crisis will start to deepen," said Abdou Dieng, the United Nations'' humanitarian co-ordinator in the impoverished country.
"If we don''t pay attention, we will soon see people dying of hunger," Dieng told AFP after visiting the market town of Bouar in the far west of the country the size of France.
"It is now that we must act. Seeds must be planted now, before the rainy season starts. What''s more, the rains will cut off some areas," Dieng said.