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WFP/IFRC to do joint IDP census

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    The World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have agreed on joint efforts to identify internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Haute Guinee and Guinée Forestière, WFP reported on Friday. [Haute Guinee (Upper Guinea) lies roughly in the centre of the country. Guinee forestiere is in the south. It borders on Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia.]

    A recent census, carried out by ICRC, discovered 30,000 IDPs in the districts of Kouroussa, Dabola and Dinguiraye of Haute Guinée, WFP said.

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