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Mission assesses damage in Golungo-Alto

    JOHANNESBURG

    The northern Angolan town of Golungo-Alto, attacked by UNITA rebels last week, was on Saturday practically deserted, humanitarian sources reported. An assessment mission to the Kwanza Norte town found that all the work vehicles of MSF-Belgium and the Portuguese NGO AMI had been burnt. All medicines and food that had been in World Vision and AMI warehouses was looted, and the hospital which had been supported by AMI was also ransacked.

    The majority of the population of Golungo-Alto trekked to the provincial capital N’dalatando. Two registration centres were set up just outside the town, and between the 21-24 of May 3,785 displaced from Golungo-Alto were registered and some 3,346 people assisted. The registration process was suspended on 24 May and some IDPs are now reported as on their way back home. Meanwhile, the nine aid workers from Golungo-Alto “missing” after the 21 May attack have been accounted for.

    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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