GENEVA-- The U.N. says hunger is contributing to political insecurity in Ivory Coast and it will soon airlift food to tens of thousands in Ivory Coast and to Ivorian refugees in neighboring Liberia.
The World Food Program's director in Ivory Coast told reporters Wednesday there is little food in stores as fighting, chaos and looting have driven up food prices and made it difficult to plant and harvest crops.
Alain Cordeil says "the hunger creates a security problem." He says getting food into the capital Abidjan remains complicated because elected president Alassane Ouattara still lacks full control despite capturing strongman Laurent Gbagbo on Monday.
The World Food Program in March approved $16 million to feed 125,000 but now says about twice that number of uprooted people need food.
