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Latest IDP figures

    JOHANNESBURG

    The UN Humanitarian Coordination Unit (UCAH) in Angola on Tuesday reported that the number of people internally displaced by fighting between government forces and UNITA rebels had now reached over one million people.

    It said that up to 15 December, the number of confirmed internally displaced persons (IDPs) had reached 1,053,336 since January last year. The number of IDPs reported, however, was much higher at 1,732,284. UCAH put the number of people receiving food aid in Angola at 753,302, while those receiving aid other than food was given at 538,163 - indicating that the humanitarian community cannot reach the whole displaced population, mainly because of security constraints.

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