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NAIROBI, class="ok"> July class="ok"> 13 class="ok"> (AFP) class="ok"> - class="ok"> A class="ok"> convoy class="ok"> of class="ok"> 18 class="ok"> United class="ok"> Nations class="ok"> World class="ok"> Food class="ok"> Programme class="ok"> trucks class="ok"> has class="ok"> arrived class="ok"> in class="ok"> Kigali class="ok"> after class="ok"> crossing class="ok"> from class="ok"> Uganda, class="ok"> through class="ok"> territory class="ok"> held class="ok"> by class="ok"> Rwandan class="ok"> Patriotic class="ok"> Front class="ok"> (RPF) class="ok"> rebels, class="ok"> WFP class="ok"> announced class="ok"> in class="ok"> a class="ok"> statement class="ok"> released class="ok"> here class="ok"> Tuesday.
The class="ok"> statement class="ok"> said class="ok"> the class="ok"> trucks class="ok"> delivered class="ok"> 531 class="ok"> tonnes class="ok"> of class="ok"> beans class="ok"> and class="ok"> 90 class="ok"> tonnes class="ok"> of class="ok"> maize class="ok"> on class="ok"> Tuesday, class="ok"> which class="ok"> will class="ok"> be class="ok"> distributed class="ok"> alongside class="ok"> other class="ok"> relief class="ok"> food class="ok"> to class="ok"> Rwanda's class="ok"> 900,000 class="ok"> displaced class="ok"> persons.
The class="ok"> convoy class="ok"> was class="ok"> the class="ok"> third class="ok"> after class="ok"> WFP class="ok"> re-opened class="ok"> the class="ok"> Katuna class="ok"> border class="ok"> crossing class="ok"> in class="ok"> northern class="ok"> Rwanda class="ok"> on class="ok"> June class="ok"> 9, class="ok"> just class="ok"> 10 class="ok"> days class="ok"> after class="ok"> the class="ok"> Rwandan class="ok"> government class="ok"> and class="ok"> the class="ok"> RPF class="ok"> rebels class="ok"> forged class="ok"> an class="ok"> agreement class="ok"> with class="ok"> WFP class="ok"> to class="ok"> allow class="ok"> the class="ok"> programme's class="ok"> relief class="ok"> trucks class="ok"> to class="ok"> use class="ok"> the class="ok"> more class="ok"> direct class="ok"> road class="ok"> corridor.
The class="ok"> second class="ok"> WFP class="ok"> road class="ok"> convoy class="ok"> through class="ok"> Katuna class="ok"> arrived class="ok"> in class="ok"> Kigali class="ok"> on class="ok"> July class="ok"> 1 class="ok"> with class="ok"> 1,018 class="ok"> tonnes class="ok"> of class="ok"> relief class="ok"> food.
WFP class="ok"> has class="ok"> also class="ok"> started class="ok"> to class="ok"> utilize class="ok"> extensively class="ok"> the class="ok"> Dar-es-Salaam class="ok"> - class="ok"> Shinyanga class="ok"> - class="ok"> Rusumu class="ok"> - class="ok"> Kigali class="ok"> rail class="ok"> and class="ok"> road class="ok"> line, class="ok"> which class="ok"> is class="ok"> proving class="ok"> pivotal class="ok"> for class="ok"> the class="ok"> massive class="ok"> delivery class="ok"> of class="ok"> relief class="ok"> food class="ok"> arriving class="ok"> through class="ok"> the class="ok"> Tanzanian class="ok"> port class="ok"> of class="ok"> Dar class="ok"> es class="ok"> Salaam.
Increased class="ok"> access class="ok"> by class="ok"> road class="ok"> to class="ok"> Kigali, class="ok"> which class="ok"> will class="ok"> now class="ok"> adequately class="ok"> deliver class="ok"> a class="ok"> total class="ok"> of class="ok"> the class="ok"> country's class="ok"> emergency class="ok"> food class="ok"> requirements class="ok"> of class="ok"> 15,000 class="ok"> tonnes class="ok"> per class="ok"> month, class="ok"> enabled class="ok"> WFP class="ok"> last class="ok"> Sunday class="ok"> officially class="ok"> to class="ok"> terminate class="ok"> its class="ok"> five-month-long class="ok"> airlift class="ok"> from class="ok"> Entebbe class="ok"> in class="ok"> Uganda class="ok"> to class="ok"> Kigali.
Since class="ok"> the class="ok"> WFP class="ok"> airlift class="ok"> began class="ok"> last class="ok"> February class="ok"> 24, class="ok"> some class="ok"> 26,276 class="ok"> tonnes class="ok"> of class="ok"> relief class="ok"> food class="ok"> have class="ok"> been class="ok"> delivered class="ok"> to class="ok"> Kigali.
lto/bm class="ok"> AFP class="ok"> AFP class="ok"> SEQN-0294
