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90,000 return home to Sa'ada
A total of 12,930 displaced families including more 90,000 people returned to their villages and homes in Sa'ada after the war stopped, officials said recently.
- By Nasser Arrabyee, Correspondent
- Published: 00:20 September 5, 2008
Sana'a: A total of 12,930 displaced families including more 90,000 people returned to their villages and homes in Sa'ada after the war stopped, officials said recently.
About 3,274 displaced families (about 30,000 people) are still in refuge areas waiting to return, deputy minister of local administration, Jafar Hamed, said at a meeting with foreign donors.
About 6,000 homes, 900 farms, 80 schools, five health centres and three agriculture guidance centres were damaged during the war, the official said in a report at the meeting.
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