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Thousands flee rebel attack on Kambia

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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
    NAIROBI

    The missionary news agency MISNA said the situation in the western town of Kambia was critical following a rebel attack last Thursday. It said people were fleeing towards Guinea amid rumours that rebel reinforcements were heading towards Kambia from Makeni. MISNA added that the Catholic mission in Kambia was looted on Friday and a priest was missing.

    WFP confirmed the attack on Kambia and said about 18,000 displaced people were moving towards the Guinean border at Gbalamuya. Guinean troops of the West African intervention force, ECOMOG, had reportedly relocated their defences to the Kambia bridge, WFP said in its latest weekly report. There are no WFP stocks in the Kambia warehouse, the UN food agency added.

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