/ 27 February 2001

TONNES OF FOOD FOR REFUGEES

ABOUT a dozen trucks loaded with food for some 4_000 refugees and displaced people have arrived in combat zones of southeastern Guinea, the World Food Program (WFP) said. The trucks, escorted by the Guinean army, bore 58 tonnes of food including flour, beans, oil and high-energy biscuits for some 2_500 Sierra Leonean and Liberian refugees and 1_500 displaced Guineans. Some 180_000 refugees have been stranded since early September because of armed attacks on the borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone. – AFP