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Thousands who fled have returned, say aid agencies

    NAIROBI

    Thousands of people who fled the violence that followed the attempted coup in the Central African Republic capital Bangui in late May have returned to their homes, and others are arriving daily, aid agencies and witnesses said on Thursday. According to AFP, the agencies - Italian NGO COOPI, local organisation ACABEF and the Central African branch of the Red Cross - said about 10,000 of the estimated 60,000 to 70,000 residents who joined the exodus had returned. Witnesses told AFP that each day further groups of people, weighed down with the possessions they took with them, were arriving home. The agencies told AFP they had been caring for some 50,000 people who fled to the Lobaye district south of Bangui in the wake of the failed 28 May 28 coup.

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