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UN in control of Rogberi

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    UN peacekeepers have retaken the strategic crossroads at Rogberi Junction about 60km northeast of Freetown and built up troop strength to 700, UN spokesman for the Secretary-General Fred Eckhard said on Monday.

    The Indian UN troops, deploying behind advancing Sierra Leone Army (SLA) troops, occupied Rogberi on Friday. Two UN companies broke through RUF road blocks about three kilometres south of the town causing the RUF to open fire on the troops and a UN helicopter, which retaliated with machine-gun fire, Eckhard said. The RUF fled into the bush and no casualties were reported on either side.

    UN troops remain in full control of the situation and, he added. are planning daily aggressive patrols along a key route between Freetown, Lunsar and Lungi.

    Meanwhile an additional 110 Jordanians arrived in Freetown on Monday to join the UN force, Eckhard reported. He added that the Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations, Bernard Miyet, was due to meet on Monday with the permanent representatives of the ECOWAS countries in New York to discuss troop contributions to Sierra Leone.

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