An inter-agency mission went to Makeni, Magburaka and Matotoka in northern Sierra Leone on 9-11 February to assess food, health, education, water and sanitation needs, WFP representative Patrick Buckley told IRIN.
The mission included various NGOs, WFP and the UN Humanitarian Assistance Coordination Unit (HACU). Its findings and action to be taken are now being discussed.
The needs assessment mission had been scheduled for 1 February, but was delayed after members of the former rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) detained 20 UNAMSIL personnel based in Makeni for several hours and took weapons from them, according to a WFP emergency report issued on 10 February.
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