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MSF resumes operations in the northwest

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    Medecins sans frontieres (MSF) has resumed its activity in north-western Liberia, where some 8,000 refugees and many internally displaced people are in urgent need of help, AFP reported on Monday.

    MSF, like other aid bodies, suspended its operations because of fighting in August between government forces and insurgents, who took humanitarian workers hostage.

    AFP reported MSF as saying that its expatriate staff would travel once a week to Kolahun, some 220 km northwest of Monrovia. The NGO said it would be supplying water and medical aid to people in the area.

    Due to security concerns, medical supplies are being delivered by
    helicopter but MSF said it would not maintain this form of delivery for long because of its cost.

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