Residents of Freetown are reportedly uneasy about President Alhaji Ahmad Tejan Kabbah’s call for military assistance, the Freetown correspondent of Monrovia-based Star radio said today. In a nationwide broadcast on Sunday, Kabbah urged the international community to come to his country’s assistance against the rebels, including militarily if necessary. But, according to Star radio, Freetown residents were afraid the request would “harden the rebels against dialogue”. They wanted Kabbah to be “consistent in pushing for dialogue”, the radio said. Hundreds of people are reportedly still at Lungi airport trying to flee the country, it added.
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