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UN forces disarm 292 rebels

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    The UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) has disarmed some 292 rebel fighters in the north of the country this week, an UNAMSIL information officer in Freetown told IRIN on Friday. The former Sierra Leone Army (SLA) rebels arrived at Lungi, some 20 km north of Freetown, on Friday escorted by a UN rapid deployment force. The guerrillas had been in recent skirmishes with Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels in the Kabala area, some 230 km northeast of Freetown. The area is still tense but UN Kenyan troops, deployed in Makeni, are monitoring the situation, UNAMSIL said.

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