Concern over plight of IDP’s

There is some concern about the plight of internally displaced persons IDPs) in parts of Sierra Leone not serviced by humanitarian agencies, according to a report received today by IRIN. The concern was expressed by ECOMOG at a meeting on Monday with the UN Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit (HACU), the unit said in the report. It said there were about 3.000 displaced people in Bumbuna, northwest of Makeni, and some 5,000 on Banana Island near Freetown. More than 20,000 IDP’s, it added, were said to be in a “desperate condition” after recent rebel raids on Kambia town and Pamelap in the northwest, where most aid agencies had based their operations. A food distribution operation scheduled to begin on 8 March was postponed due to the insecurity, the HACU report said.