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Britain donates 63 vehicles to ECOMOG

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    The British government donated 30 trucks, 30 land rovers and three land rover ambulances to ECOMOG in Freetown on Wednesday, ECOMOG spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Chris Olukolade told IRIN.

    The British High Commissioner for Sierra Leone, Peter Penfold, said the contribution would help ECOMOG ensure the required security and stability in the country.

    Brigadier General Humphrey Agbevey, ECOMOG's deputy force commander 1, said logistics and adequate mobility would remain crucial to the performance of ECOMOG's role after the conclusion of the Lome talks, whether it was involved in the consolidation of democracy or in facilitating disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration.

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