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ECOWAS forms fence-mending commission

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    The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decided on Friday to form a commission to reduce the tension between Liberia and Guinea, news reports said.

    The commission's mandate will be to find solutions to security problems that threaten peace and security in the two countries, according to reports from the Togolese capital, where the ECOWAS foreign ministers discussed the issue on Thursday and Friday.

    Liberia had accused Guinea of supporting rebels who launched an insurgency on 10 August in the northwest Liberian county of Lofa, which borders on Guinea. Conakry denied any involvement in the affair.

    In a communique, the ECOWAS ministers "vigorously condemned" the dissidents' attack and said that no ECOWAS member state would support them.

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