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New wave of displaced persons

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    Thousands of civilians are reported to be fleeing insecurity in the Tongo Field area of eastern Sierra Leone, a humanitarian source in Freetown told IRIN on Thursday. “An estimated 3,000-5,000, depending on who you talk to, have been displaced to Kenema,” an official of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. There has been no official registration, but some 1,200 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have settled in Gofor, south of Kenema, a possible location for a new camp. Several hundred others are staying with relatives.

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