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Food distributed in Masiaka

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    A total of 115 mt of food has been distributed to 6,400 vulnerable people in the Masiaka area, some 60 km east of Freetown, by WFP, Action Contre la Faim and ADRA, WFP said in its most recent emergency report of 24 September. Distributions were delayed three times due to insecurity in the Occra Hills, some 10 km west of Masiaka, WFP reported. Former members of Sierra Leone's ousted military junta in the Occra Hills have been responsible for a spate of kidnappings in recent weeks. New shipments of WFP food aid are expected at the end of September. In the meantime WFP is borrowing lentils and oil from Catholic Relief Services, CARE and World Vision International, WFP reported.

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