/ 7 November 2000

RED CROSS PULLS OUT OF REFUGEE CAMP

THE US-funded Namibian Red Cross has withdrawn humanitarian aid to the overflowing Osire refugee camp in central Namibia after two US officials were refused entry to the camp after failing to present the proper documents. The Red Cross was responsible for supplying water and offloading food at the camp, which houses some 17000 refugees from Angola, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo. It also manned an ambulance service at the camp. – AFP