UN team to assess floods

// CORRECTION// The following replaces the item titled 'GUINEA: UN team to assess floods', published on Monday 22 October: A UN Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team arrived on Thursday in Conakry, Guinea, to assess the need of populations affected by recent floods in Haute Guinee (Eastern Guinea) and to coordinate international aid and assistance, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Friday. The floods, which occurred in August and September, affected some 220,000 people and destroyed over 20,000 hectares of farm land, OCHA said. The mission, due to end on 29 October, will focus on the flood's impact on the region's health, education, agriculture and food security sectors, as well as on local infrastructures. In the meantime, OCHA allocated last week US $30,000 for local purchase of relief items and logistical support, while the government of Norway has donated US $20,000 through OCHA to assist the local population.