Tuesday, April 28, 2009

UNICEF humanitarian action update - 28 April 2009

CRISIS FOR CHILDREN: 100,000 CIVILIANS FLEE CONFLICT ZONE, AND TENS OF THOUSANDS STILL TRAPPED

- Over the past days the number of IDPs who have managed to escape the fighting has more than doubled, to at least 170,000.

- Amid fierce fighting and an unknown number of civilian deaths, close to 100,000 people fled the conflict zone and entered Government territory between Monday 20 April and Thursday 23 April. There are tens of thousands of civilians still trapped, and the total number of IDPs in need of assistance might soon reach a quarter of a million people. Read more ...

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