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Africa — Latin America — Asia — Middle East

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 January 2010

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The ICRC assisted more than 12 000 persons in northern Burundi following the outbreaks in August of violent ethnic disputes. Blankets, clothing, soap, cooking utensils and farming tools were distributed from mid-September to the affected population.

Relief materials were in part transported by truck from Uganda and in part purchased locally by the ICRC.

Distributions took place in the villages of Ntega and Marangara, near the border with Rwanda, where the recent clashes had occurred. Delegates distributed supplies first in the centres set up for displaced persons, then in the hills to which the population was gradually returning.

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International Committee of the Red Cross
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International Review of the Red Cross (1961 - 1997) , Volume 28 , Issue 267 , December 1988 , pp. 546 - 550
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Copyright © International Committee of the Red Cross 1988

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