Two United Nations agencies have (36) for more money to supply food to (37) camps in Africa. They say they have had to cut food aid to hundreds of thousands of people. Most are in West Africa and the Great Lakes area. The two agencies say the cuts have created (38) among those (39) . Special feeding programs for young children, (40) women and new mothers have also been reduced. In Sudan, the World Food Program reported a (41) problem: a shortage of airplane (42) at the worst time of year. Aid workers call it the hunger season. The agency says it had to cut in half its (43) food shipments in August to more than one million people in the south. The fuel shortage also affected efforts in the Darfur area in western Sudan. (44) .It follows rain shortages and a locust (蝗虫) invasion last year. (45) . The medical aid group says tens of thousands of children still require immediate assistance. Last week, the World Food Program reported "good progress" in its work in Niger. The aim is to supply food to more than three and one-half million people. (46) . The next harvest in most of Niger is several weeks away.