Guinea-Bissau: Relief for returning residents

Geneva — The following document was released by the International Committee of the Red Cross:

After fleeing their homes when Bissau, the capital of Guinea-Bissau, was racked by heavy fighting in the summer and autumn of last year, most of the city's 300,000 inhabitants have been gradually returning since a peace agreement was signed in November. Most of the fighting took place in central Bissau but many heavy artillery shells landed in the outskirts as well.

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