At least 200 exhausted refugees who fled Nongoa after rebels stormed the southern Guinean town last week have been picked up on Wednesday by UNHCR trucks and taken to Katkama, a former camp on the northern edge of the conflict area.
The UNHCR reported on Thursday that some 9,000 refugees were scattered among several settlements around Nongoa, 27 km west of Guekedou, at the time of the attack on 9 March.
"Many fled into the bush and began heading northwards on foot, often without any of the 30-day rations they had received just a few days earlier," the agency reported.
Nearly 2,000 refugees have so far arrived in Mongo, north of Nongoa. UNHCR added that 1,500 others had reached Katkama, 30 km north of Guekedou. Another 400 new arrivals have reportedly reached Nyaedou camp, 15 km north of Guekedou.
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