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IDPs in Kassala

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    Over 3,600 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are living at the Debalawet IDP camp, located in a semi-arid area some 20 km from Kassala town, OLS reported. It said the IDPs live in scattered settlements and rely on the "seasonal Gash river for water". According to the report, the IDPs were displaced from Shalolob village near the border with Eritrea, by insecurity in 1998. WFP monitoring staff reported high incidents of malaria and diarrhoea in the area and lack of health and sanitation services.

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