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    Most of the roads in Sierra Leone are either unsafe or impassable, except for routes from Freetown to the Southern Province, and access to the needy population is a major concern, OCHA reported WFP as saying. Ongoing clashes between rebel and pro-government forces continue to force many from their homes and it is feared that people do not have food stocks as
    the little food they may have had has been looted, WFP said. In addition the rainy season has begun, people are not at home cultivating and the 'hunger period' is getting closer, the report said.

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