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01 Jan 1998

Sierra Leone
IRIN-WA Weekly Roundup 01-98 of Main Events in West Africa

Report

— IRIN

UNITED NATIONS
Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for West Africa
Tel: +225 21-73-54
Fax: +225 21-63-35
e-mail: irin-wa@africaonline.co.ci

IRIN-WA Weekly Roundup 01-98 of Main Events in West Africa covering the period (Monday) 29 December 1997 - (Thursday) 1 January 1998

[The weekly round-ups are based on relevant information from UN agencies, NGOs, governments, donors and media. IRIN issues these reports for the benefit of the humanitarian community but accepts no responsibility as to the accuracy of the original source.]

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01 Jan 1998

Sierra Leone
Oxfam Emergencies Bulletin Jan 1998

Report

— Oxfam

Sierra Leone is still in a state of political and military turmoil despite peace talks at the end of last year that are meant to lead to a hand- back of control from the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), the de facto military government, to the elected government of President Kabbah in April this year. A recent Oxfam assessment mission travelled through most parts of the country. It concluded that the eastern and southern areas of the country remain too unsafe to for us to start a programme there. These areas have long been the centre of insecurity

30 Dec 1997

Sierra Leone
Nigeria says Sierra Leone Junta is building up forces

Report

— Reuters - AlertNet

LAGOS, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Nigeria's army on Tuesday said Sierra Leone's military junta had started a major build up of forces and was unlikely to give up power in April as promised.

"The junta in Sierra Leone has acquired fighting aircraft and is developing airfields in Bo, Kenema and Magburaka to use in its nefarious activities," Nigerian military spokesman, Colonel Godwin Ugbo told a news conference in Lagos.

Ugbo said the Freetown junta, led by Major Johnny Paul Koroma, had begun training a new militia and showed little

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29 Dec 1997

Liberia + 1 other
IRIN-WA Update 112-97 of Events in West Africa

Report

— IRIN

UNITED NATIONS
Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for West Africa
Tel: +225 21-73-54
Fax: +225 21-63-35
e-mail: irin-wa@africaonline.co.ci

IRIN-WA Update 112-97 of Events in West Africa, (Thursday-Monday) 25-29 December 1997

[As a supplement to its weekly round-ups of main events in West Africa, IRIN-WA will produce a daily synopsis of reports on the region. IRIN issues these reports for the benefit of the humanitarian community but accepts no responsibility as to the accuracy of the original source.]

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28 Dec 1997

Liberia + 1 other
IRIN-WA Weekly Roundup 28-97 of Main Events in West Africa

Report

— IRIN

UNITED NATIONS
Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for West Africa
Tel: +225 21-73-54
Fax: +225 21-63-35
e-mail: irin-wa@africaonline.co.ci

IRIN-WA Weekly Roundup 28-97 of Main Events in West Africa covering the period (Friday) 19 December - (Sunday) 28 December 1997

[The weekly round-ups are based on relevant information from UN agencies, NGOs, governments, donors and media. IRIN issues these reports for the benefit of the humanitarian community but accepts no responsibility as to the accuracy of the original source.]

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24 Dec 1997

Liberia + 1 other
IRIN-WA Update 111-97 of Events in West Africa

Report

— IRIN

UNITED NATIONS
Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for West Africa
Tel: +225 21-73-54
Fax: +225 21-63-35
e-mail: irin-wa@africaonline.co.ci

IRIN-WA Update 111-97 of Events in West Africa, (Wednesday) 24 December 1997

[As a supplement to its weekly round-ups of main events in West Africa, IRIN-WA will produce a daily synopsis of reports on the region. IRIN issues these reports for the benefit of the humanitarian community but accepts no responsibility as to the accuracy of the original source.]

IRIN:

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23 Dec 1997

Liberia + 1 other
IRIN-WA Update 110-97 of Events in West Africa

Report

— IRIN

UNITED NATIONS
Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for West Africa
Tel: +225 21-73-54
Fax: +225 21-63-35
e-mail: irin-wa@africaonline.co.ci

IRIN-WA Update 110-97 of Events in West Africa, (Tuesday) 23 December 1997

[As a supplement to its weekly round-ups of main events in West Africa, IRIN-WA will produce a daily synopsis of reports on the region. IRIN issues these reports for the benefit of the humanitarian community but accepts no responsibility as to the accuracy of the original source.]

NIGERIA: Coup plot aftermath

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22 Dec 1997

Sierra Leone + 1 other
IRIN-WA: Bulletin d'information no 110-97 pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest

Report

— IRIN

NATIONS UNIES
Departement des Affaires Humanitaires / I R I N
pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest
Tel: + 225 21-63-35
Fax: + 225 21-63-35
E-mail: irin-wa@africaonline.co.ci

du samedi 20 au lundi 22 decembre 1997

[En supplement au bulletin hebdomadaire reprenant les evenements majeurs
survenus en Afrique de l'Ouest, IRIN-WA compile un resume quotidien des
informations diffusees dans la region. IRIN produit ces rapports a
l'intention de la communaute humanitaire mais decline toute responsabilite

IRIN:

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22 Dec 1997

Sierra Leone
Power bar and ADRA partnership feeds thousands

Report

— Adventist Development and Relief Agency International

Media Contact: Beth Schaefer, News & Information Officer
Phone: (301) 680-6355 Fax: (301) 680-6370
SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND - PowerBar Inc. has made donations totaling 1.35 million PowerBites to the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA). After sending an initial shipment to Mongolia for food supplements, ADRA plans to send large quantities of the high-energy food bars to Sierra Leone, Bosnia, and South Africa.

"Our sense of corporate responsibility led us to participate in ADRA's humanitarian effort to alleviate hunger

22 Dec 1997

Sierra Leone + 1 other
IRIN-WA Update 109-97 of Events in West Africa

Report

— IRIN

UNITED NATIONS
Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for West Africa
Tel: +225 21-73-54
Fax: +225 21-63-35
e-mail: irin-wa@africaonline.co.ci

(Saturday-Monday) 20-22 December 1997

[As a supplement to its weekly round-ups of main events in West Africa, IRIN-WA will produce a daily synopsis of reports on the region. IRIN issues these reports for the benefit of the humanitarian community but accepts no responsibility as to the accuracy of the original source.]

NIGERIA: Coup plot

Twelve people, including Nigeria's deputy

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19 Dec 1997

Liberia + 1 other
IRIN-WA Update 108-97 of Events in West Africa

Report

— IRIN

UNITED NATIONS
Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for West Africa
Tel: +225 21-73-54
Fax: +225 21-63-35
e-mail: irin-wa@africaonline.co.ci

(Friday) 19 December 1997

[As a supplement to its weekly round-ups of main events in West Africa, IRIN-WA will produce a daily synopsis of reports on the region. IRIN issues these reports for the benefit of the humanitarian community but accepts no responsibility as to the accuracy of the original source.]

SIERRA LEONE: AFRC leader says April handover unlikely

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19 Dec 1997

Sierra Leone
West African Ministers Meet On Sierra Leone

Report

— Pan African News Agency

Paul Ejime, PANA Correspondent
LAGOS, Nigeria (PANA) - The Ministerial Committee of Five of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) began a crucial meeting Friday to review the political crisis in Sierra Leone.

All five ministers from Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Nigeria are attending the day-long meeting, the community's
director of information, Adriene Diop, said.

The meeting in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, follows an extra-ordinary summit of the 16-nation community in Lome, Togo,

Pan African News Agency:

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19 Dec 1997

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Humanitarian Situation Report 03 - 19 Dec 1997

Report

— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs

DHAGVA - 98/0003
Period covered: 03 - 19 December 1997

This report has been prepared by the office of the
United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Sierra Leone in Conakry, Guinea

SECURITY

1. The reporting period saw increased tension and hostilities between civil defense forces and the AFRC/RUF as well as the latter and ECOMOG. ECOMOG HQ confirmed that on at least two occasions their aircraft retaliated against ground fire with lethal force. While an AFRC spokesperson cites 80 deaths due to the raids, estimates

18 Dec 1997

Sierra Leone + 1 other
ECOWAS Extraordinary Summit Ends In Lome

Report

— Pan African News Agency

Afeto Kuma, PANA Correspondent
LOME, Togo (PANA) - The fourth extraordinary ECOWAS summit ended Wednesday evening in Lome, Togo, with the setting up of a crisis prevention and management mechanism in the sub-region.

The body will strengthen cooperation in the areas of conflict prevention, early warning, peacekeeping operations, control of
cross-border crime, fighting the proliferation and trafficking of light weapons and narcotics, according to a communique issued at the end of the summit

The document stressed that ECOWAS leaders

Pan African News Agency:

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18 Dec 1997

Sierra Leone
IRIN-WA Update 107-97 of Events in West Africa

Report

— IRIN

UNITED NATIONS
Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for West Africa
Tel: +225 21-73-54
Fax: +225 21-63-35
e-mail: irin-wa@africaonline.co.ci

IRIN-WA Update 107-97 of Events in West Africa, (Thursday) 18 December 1997

[As a supplement to its weekly round-ups of main events in West Africa, IRIN-WA will produce a daily synopsis of reports on the region. IRIN issues these reports for the benefit of the humanitarian community but accepts no responsibility as to the accuracy of the original source.]

IRIN:

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17 Dec 1997

Liberia + 1 other
IRIN-WA Update 106-97 of Events in West Africa

Report

— IRIN

UNITED NATIONS
Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for West Africa
Tel: +225 21-73-54
Fax: +225 21-63-35
e-mail: irin-wa@africaonline.co.ci

IRIN-WA Update 106-97 of Events in West Africa, (Wednesday) 17 December 1997

[As a supplement to its weekly round-ups of main events in West Africa, IRIN-WA will produce a daily synopsis of reports on the region. IRIN issues these reports for the benefit of the humanitarian community but accepts no responsibility as to the accuracy of the original source.]

IRIN:

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16 Dec 1997

Sierra Leone
Outbreak of respiratory illness (Update)

Report

— World Health Organization

The WHO-sponsored team from the Ministry of Health and the District Medical Officer identified 125 active cases during its visit to several affected towns and villages in the Chiefdoms of Sulima, Sinkunia Dembelia and Folosaba Dembelia in Koinadugu District during the period 21-25 November. According to community leaders and village elders large parts of the population had been affected during the outbreak and around 2,000-3,000 cases were estimated to have occurred, most of which were adults. Thirty-six deaths were reported to have occurred. One

16 Dec 1997

Liberia + 1 other
IRIN-WA Update 105-97 of Events in West Africa,

Report

— IRIN

UNITED NATIONS
Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
for West Africa
Tel: +225 21-63-35
Fax: +225 21-63-35
e-mail: irin-wa@africaonline.co.ci

IRIN-WA Update 105-97 of Events in West Africa, (Tuesday) 16 December 1997

[As a supplement to its weekly round-ups of main events in West Africa, IRIN-WA will produce a daily synopsis of reports on the region. IRIN issues these reports for the benefit of the humanitarian community but accepts no responsibility as to the accuracy of the original source.]

NIGERIA: New cabinet announced

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15 Dec 1997

Sierra Leone
The challenge ahead of the Church

Report

AFRICANEWS
News and Wiews on Africa from Africa
Issue 21 - DECEMBER 1997

Sierra Leone has been drained of every iota of human dignity. This is not an extremist position, it is the naked reality. The country is submerged in serious political crisis, it is on a keg of gun powder which requires just a little strike of match for full blown conflagration. The 7-year armed conflict has rendered millions of people as refugees and internally displaced people. It has entrenched hunger, ignorance and disease. Sierra Leone is dotted by puppet masters who have

15 Dec 1997

Sierra Leone
60 Sierra Leoneans Drown in Mano River

Report

— Pan African News Agency

Tepitapia Sannah, PANA Correspondent
MONROVIA, Liberia (PANA) - At least 60 civilians fleeing renewed fighting in Eastern Sierra Leone are feared to have drowned in the Mano river on the border with Liberia, one witness said here Monday.

Moussa Fatorma, who said he survived the tradegy, told reporters the 60 persons, including women and children, drowned when their canoe capsized last Friday in the Mano river.

He said the cilivians were fleeing fierce fighting between forces of the Sierra Leonean junta and those of the civil defense force, the Kamajor hunter militia.

Pan African News Agency:

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