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    Food, household units, health services, water, health education and agricultural inputs are among the things IDPs in Yele, some 50 km north of Bo, need most urgently, according to a recent assessment by humanitarian agencies.

    Some 5,743 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have been registered in Yele, while 3,000 more are estimated to be staying in villages just outside the town. Insecurity in the area is preventing more accurate assessments, according to HACU.

    Meanwhile, 9,489 IDPs have been reported in the town of Mondema, while 20,000 are now in Waterloo, southeast of Freetown. Toilet facilities and water sources remain a big problem there, according to the HACU report. ECOMOG has assured agencies that the area is secure, although, the report says, access is not always possible.

    There are also reports of large concentrations of displaced people in the northern district of Kambia, although exact figures are not known.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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