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Red Cross distributes food to Casamance IDPs

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    The Senegalese Red Cross in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross this week began distributing over 35 mt of rice and millet to some 4,380 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the southern town of Ziguinchor, the Senegal news agency, APS, reported. The IDPs were displaced by insecurity in the Casamance area, where a rebel group is fighting for an independent state and banditry has increased in recent weeks. An earlier distribution, carried out in mid-July, targeted about 3,440 persons.

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