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UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 22-40-4440 Fax: +225 22-41-9339 e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci <mailto:irin-wa@irin.ci> SIERRA LEONE: New leader for the RUF Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (RUF) has chosen Issa Sesay, its top…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 22-40-4440 Fax: +225 22-41-9339 e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci <mailto:irin-wa@irin.ci> SIERRA LEONE: Some 254 ex-government soldiers airlifted to Kenema Some 254 former government troops were airlifted on Thursday from the…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 22-40-4440 Fax: +225 22-41-9339 e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci <mailto:irin-wa@irin.ci> NIGER: Hundreds of disabled protest Several hundred disabled people gathered on Thursday outside the national assembly in Niamey, the…

U N I T E D N A T I O N S Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 22-40-4440 Fax: +225 22-41-9339 e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci BURKINA FASO: Trial of presidential guards begins The politically…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 22-40-4440 Fax: +225 22-41-9339 e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci SIERRA LEONE: Bumbuna receives more than 7,000 IDPs More than 7,000 new internally displaced persons (IDPs), mostly children, are reported to…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaires IRIN pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest Tel: +225 22-40-4440 Fax: +225 22-41-9339 email: irin-wa@irin.ci SIERRA LEONE: Koroma invite la FARC à désarmer Le dirigeant de l'ancienne junte militaire de la Sierra Leone s'est dissocié des factions armées qui…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 22-40-4440 Fax: +225 22-41-9339 e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci SIERRA LEONE: Koroma calls on AFRC to disarm The leader of Sierra Leone's former military junta has disassociated himself from armed…

NEW YORK, 2 August (IRIN) - The Chairman of the UN Security Council's Sanctions Committee on Sierra Leone said at the end of a two-day hearing on the role of diamonds in that country's conflict that more would be…

UNITED NATIONS Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network for West Africa Tel: +225 22-40-4440 Fax: +225 22-41-9339 e-mail: irin-wa@irin.ci LIBERIA: Northern town devastated by fire Voinjama, the northern Liberian city that is the scene of intense fighting between government and…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaires IRIN pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest Tel : +225 22 40 44 40 Fax : +225 22 41 93 39 E-mail : irin-wa@irin.ci LIBERIA: Une ville du nord dévastée par le feu, selon le gouvernement La ville…