![[Cote d'Ivoire] President Laurent Gbagbo and President Thabo Mbeki.](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_large_2x/public/images/2005460.jpg.webp?itok=MVqXoB9j "President Thabo Mbeki and President Laurent Gbagbo")
The ICRC had distributed 1,800 tents to Bissau residents whose homes were destroyed. ICRC distribution of food and non-food items was now being taken on by the national Red Cross, and NGO's.
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