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OAU calls for parity of treatment for Africa’s displaced

    NAIROBI
    The OAU’s Commission of Refugees on Thursday called for the international community to pay as much attention to refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Africa as it did to those in other parts of the world. Stating that the situation of IDPs on the continent, and especially in Angola, Sierra Leone, the DRC and the Republic of Congo, “was very critical and pathetic”, it called for donors to provide food, medicine, clothing and shelter for the affected people as a matter of urgency, news agencies reported.

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