IDPs in Bo and Kambia

Between 3,400 and 4,400 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were now in the southeast town of Bo, and some 200 IDPs were arriving in the town every day, an OCHA official in the Guinean capital Conakry told IRIN yesterday. He said another 17,600 IDPs were now in Kambia, northeast of Freetown, and that this figure was also “likely to grow”. Humanitarian agencies were preparing an emergency plan of action to address the priority needs of affected populations in Sierra Leone, the official said, adding that the aid agencies needed security guarantees, mobility and use of communications equipment to respond adequately to the current situation.