But because there is this relief food, they did not farm for three years.

These people give a portion of their relief food to the community.

Without rain, I can see only death for us unless people come with relief food.

"The relief food should not be a treasury to buy more guns," he said, speaking shortly before Washington's offer of troops became public.

Foreign donor governments have known since the 1984-85 famine that relief food was going to the militia.

Residents lived in shelters, went without electricity and water, and received only limited amounts of relief food.

And though not all the relief food reported by the United Nations to have been delivered has arrived at the places of need, much has.

But many refugees interviewed today said they had not seen the relief food and were traveling with very little.

Already it is too difficult for to guarantee a steady supply of relief food.

The agriculture system was destroyed during the fighting and vast amounts of relief food stolen.