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    Humanitarian agencies are unable to move substantial quantities of relief goods to any part of the country but Freetown.

    The northern districts of Bambali, Koinadugu, Kambia, Tonkolili and Port Loko, home to some 1.6 million people, have been inaccessible to agencies over long periods of time, according to the HACU report.

    More than 60 percent of the people in the Eastern Province are not receiving relief aid, while at least 55 percent (2.6 million) of residents of conflict-affected parts of the country are out of reach of humanitarian agencies.

    In the more accessible government-controlled areas, where some two million people live, agencies are providing emergency relief to just over 120,000 persons, although insecurity on the roads and sometimes in towns affect their operations.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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