An estimated 3 million people inside the beseiged eastern region face the risk of starvation in the next few months. But hunger is not a phenomenon which faces the Biafrans alone. Federal troops have retaken threequarters of the former eastern state. and within this territory there are also thousands. perhaps millions. of refugees. The Nigerian government. working in cooperation with the Red Cross. has done much to provide these people with the basic requirements of life. Refugee camps have been established. and Red Cross supply trucks have moved into the area. circulating from village to village with medicines and food. In areas where the refugees still fear Federal troops. food is deposited for them in a clearing or on a rise of high ground. By the most recent estimates. however. it is likely that an additional 1.5 million persons will face the risk of starvation in these areas. too. unless relief Is substantially increased. Mr.
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