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UN Secretary-General condemns attack

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    UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Tuesday condemned what he termed a “brutal attack” on the Guinean town of Kissidougou on 10 December and said he would send an envoy to the region to determine how best the United Nations could be help calm the situation, UN News reported.

    UN spokeswoman Marie Okabe said Annan had been following the situation in Guinea “with grave concern” and deeply regretted the loss of innocent lives and the displacement of thousands of Guinean civilians as a result of the fighting.

    The Secretary-General has asked Oluyemi Adeniji, his Special Representative in Sierra Leone, to travel to Guinea and Liberia to assess the situation. Adeniji has also been asked to recommend ways for the UN to help the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the governments of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia stabilize the situation.

    UNHCR said that attacks over the past 10 days, including Sunday’s, had been reported farther and farther inside Guinea, sending tens of thousands of refugees and Guineans into flight.
    However, the agency described the situation in Kissidougou as calm on Tuesday. It said large numbers of residents had begun to return to their homes.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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