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Appeal to help refugees

    JOHANNESBURG

    Zambian Foreign Affairs Minister Keli Walubita, has appealed to the international community to help the Zambian government take care of Angolan refugees in the country's Western province.

    Zambian media reports quoted Walubita as saying: "We would like to appeal for international assistance for food, medicines, clothing and education materials." He said that two schools had been established in the area and needed Portuguese teaching materials.

    He also said there was an "urgent" need to provide the refugees with grinding mills. "Refugees receive maize which they need to grind into mealie-meal."

    Walubita added that an urgent need is for a reliable boat that will shuttle between Senanga and Kalongola. "The government will do everything possible on the situation but we still require international assistance," the minister said.

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