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Southern Sierra Leone is still quiet with no significant changes in the humanitarian situation, the UN Humanitarian Assistance Office (HACU) said. Pro-government Civil Defence Forces (CDF) have taken up defensive positions and re-established checkpoints in areas where they were previously active. In the southern town of Bo, some 190 km from Freetown, the police and the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), supported by the CDF, are conducting joint security patrols.
However there have been continuing reports of harassment of the local population by the CDF, including the commandeering of relief vehicles and the illegal occupation of relief agencies’ facilities, HACU said.
In the last few days there have been continued reports of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Konta area north of Bo believed to be arriving from the eastern district of Kono and from Masingbi in Northern Province. Humanitarian activities are continuing in IDP camps, HACU said.
According to UNHCR there are currently no cross border movements from the eastern town of Zimmi to Liberia.
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