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The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said Friday it was providing special help to Guineans who have been affected by recent fighting along the border with Sierra Leone.
“A UNHCR mission from Conakry is leaving for Forecariah today to bring support and assistance,” the agency said. At least 1,000 Guineans have been displaced by the fighting between Guinean security forces and armed groups in Sierra Leone.
UNHCR said it would transport food from the World Food Programme to the towns of Massadou, Madina Oula and Forecariah. Five mt of food have already gone to Massadou.
Forecariah, which is about 75 km from the capital, Conakry, is home to some 27,000 refugees. They are among nearly 500,000 others from Liberia and Sierra Leone living in the country.
Assistance that the refugees have received has bred resentment among some Guineans, many of whom live in poverty.
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