About 60,000 displaced people have returned to southern Brazzaville since 1 May, humanitarian sources said. Some of the returnees have come the the Pool region - many in very poor nutritional condition - while others have returned from northern Brazzaville or the DRC. Four health centres were now operational in the Bacongo and Makelekele areas of southern Brazzaville, several feeding centres had been set up to assist malnourished people, markets were open, and water and electricity supplies had been reestablished, the sources said. Some 200,000 residents of Bacongo and Makelekele fled their homes in December due to conflict between government forces and Ninja militia.
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