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More than 100,000 refugees in Rwanda are facing reduced food rations due to a funding shortfall, the UN said on Thursday.

The World Food Programme (WFP) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said they had been forced to reduce food rations and cash for Burundian and Congolese refugees living in Rwandan camps.

“Until November 2017, WFP provided 16.95 kilogrammes of food to each refugee each month, mainly maize, beans, vegetable oil and salt.

“Other refugees received 7,600 Rwandan Francs (Nine dollars) to buy food in local markets,” WFP and UNICEF said in a statement.

“However, funding shortages forced WFP to trim assistance to 90 per cent in November and December.

The funding situation is now so bad that from January WFP reduced the ration sizes even further – to 75 per cent,” the statement said appealing for donations.