Imprisoned rebel leader talks to his commander

Imprisoned RUF leader Foday Sankoh spoke yesterday with his guerrilla commander Sam Bockarie about a possible ceasefire in an effort to end the nation’s civil war, a UN official in Guinea told IRIN today. The official, who declined to disclose the outcome of the conversation on a satellite telephone link, said ceasefire proposals were still under negotiation. Details of the proposal were not made public. The United Nations Special Representative for Sierra Leone, Francis Okelo, who set up the telephone link, is meeting foreign ministers of Cote d’Ivoire, Togo and Guinea and consulting other ECOWAS countries on ending the crisis.