The French Red Cross is due to relay over 80 mt of food, medicines and hygiene products provided by France to tens of thousands of Congolese refugees in southeast Gabon, AFP reported.
The supplies were scheduled to be trucked on Friday from the Gabonese capital, Libreville, to the provinces of Haut Ogooue and Nyanga. Once there, the items will be distributed by the Gabonese Red Cross.
AFP said the aid, worth one million French francs (US $159,873 ) was paid for and shipped by France from the port of Le Havre. In August, France provided another 20 mt of humanitarian aid for refugees in Nyanga.
Belgium, China, Japan and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) have also given aid to between 20,000 and 30,000 refugees who have fled fighting in the Republic of Congo.
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