The World - News from Aug. 11, 1985
A convoy of 30 trucks left N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, carrying the first of about 200,000 famine victims to be resettled in their home regions in north and central Chad. A government spokesman said about 4,250 families that fled from drought and famine areas to N’Djamena during the past year would be returned to their home regions with food to last until the next crop harvest. He said sufficient rain fell in recent months to ensure a harvest this year.
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