SIERRA LEONE: RUF fighters return six UN armoured vehicles

Anti-government Revolutionary United Front (RUF) fighters have returned six UN armoured vehicles seized in May when they detained hundreds of UN peacekeepers. RUF 'Brigadier General' Moussa Kallon turned over the vehicles on Wednesday to the deputy commander

SIERRA LEONE: RUF fighters return six UN armoured vehicles

Anti-government Revolutionary United Front (RUF) fighters have returned six UN armoured vehicles seized in May when they detained Kenyan and Zambian UN peacekeeping troops, Reuters reported.

RUF 'Brigadier General' Moussa Kallon turned over the vehicles on Wednesday to the deputy commander of the UN

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SIERRA LEONE: UN, government troops beat back RUF attacks

Sierra Leonean troops and UN peacekeepers beat back an attack on Wednesday by Revolutionary United Front fighters near Port Loko, some 60 km northeast of Freetown, UN spokesman Fred Eckhard told reporters in New York. Two Nigerian members of the UN Mission in Sierra

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SIERRA LEONE: 254 anciens soldats gouvernementaux emmenés à Kenema

Quelque 254 anciens soldats gouvernementaux

Period covered: 1 January - 30 June 2000
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LIBERIA: Manifestation contre les sanctions

Quelque 2 500 personnes ont marché dans les rues de Monrovia mercredi pour protester contre la menace de sanctions économiques lancée par les Etats-Unis et la Grande-Bretagne en représailles contre la présumée implication du Liberia dans la guerre en Sierra Leone voisine, ont indiqué des sources diplomatiques.

Cette marche, organisée par le 'National

SIERRA LEONE: Réunion des pays fournissant des troupes à la MINUSIL

Le Secrétaire Général des Nations Unies, Kofi Annan, a déclaré mercredi aux hauts responsables militaires des pays qui fournissent des troupes à la Mission des Nations Unies en Sierra Leone (MINUSIL) que tous les contingents devaient être prêts à partager les risques de l'opération.

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