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ECOMOG command structure changed

[Central African Republic (CAR)] Some of the fishermen who continued with their trade after the May 2001 coup attempt in the Central African Republic. IRIN
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    ECOMOG has changed its command structure, creating a new Freetown Garrison to defend the capital. In a news release received by IRIN on Saturday, ECOMOG said all operations would henceforth be directly controlled by ECOMOG headquarters, with Brigadier General Abu Ahmadu as Chief of Staff. The existing Sierra Leone task force, set up while ECOMOG was still based in Monrovia, Liberia, had therefore been scrapped. ECOMOG moved its headquarters from Monrovia to Freetown last year.

    According to the news release, the changes were ordered by overall ECOMOG commander Major General Timothy Shelpidi. Brigadier General Gabriel Kpamber remains commander of ECOMOG’s Nigerian contingent and Colonel Buhari Musa commands the Freetown Garrison.

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