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Landmines found southern Sierra Leone

Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - British troops serving in Sierra Leone have retrieved 40 landmines in the southern area of Potoru, UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) spokesperson Margett Novicki said Wednesday.
The British troops in Sierra Leone have been discovering unexploded bombs in different parts of the country but this was the highest number collected from one area so far.

Novicki made the disclosure at a weekly consultative meeting between the National Commission for Resettlement, Rehabilitation and Reintegration (NCRRR) and humanitarian organisations in Freetown.

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