"We want the government of Sierra Leone to reply to our ceasefire proposal which can come into force immediately," RUF founder Foday Sankoh said in Lome, Togo. Sankoh, who was released from prison to prepare a possible negotiating proposal with the government on ending the war, said his military commanders were "ready for a ceasefire".
However, Sierra Leonean presidential spokesman Septimus Kaikai told IRIN on Tuesday the government had not received a ceasefire proposal but the government was deeply committed to peace. "This commitment has not changed at all," he said.
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