UNITED NATIONS
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Integrated Regional Information Network
SIERRA LEONE: Disarmament in Bo,
Bombali
Pro-government and rebel forces started
disarming in two more districts in the north and south of Sierra Leone
this week, the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) said.
As at Thursday, 269 pro-government Civil
Defence Forces (CDF) militiamen had handed over weapons in the southern
district of Bo, a CDF stronghold, UNAMSIL spokesperson Margaret Novicki
told IRIN on Friday. However, disarmament got off to a slower start in