Three hundred refugees now live in Birao.

现在有三百难民滞留在比瑞奥村。

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The U.N.World Food Program says it needs $500,000 to bring 250 metric tons of food to Birao next month because supplies that were pre-positioned earlier in the year are not sufficient to meet greater demand.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

Violence between the ethnic Goula and Kara communities in the north earlier this year subsided when rebels from the largely Goula Union of Democratic Forces for Unity began fighting alongside government troops to regain control of the city of Birao, near the borders of Chad and Sudan.

VOA: standard.2009.08.27

The BBC's Joseph Benamsse in the capital, Bangui, says it is clear that both regular troops and rebels are responsible for the destruction of Birao.

BBC: NEWS | Africa | 'Ghost town' after attack on CAR

The last census in 2004 registered about 22, 000 people in Birao.

BBC: NEWS | Africa | 'Ghost town' after attack on CAR