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Rebels take Freetown archbishop hostage

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    The Roman Catholic archbishop of Freetown and Bo, Joseph Ganda, has been taken hostage by rebels in Sierra Leone, the missionary news agency, MISNA, reported today. It said Ganda, 66, was being held in the same location as Xaverian missionary Father Mario Guerra. MISNA said the circumstances of Ganda’s abduction, Tuesday or Wednesday, were not immediately known. His captors have allowed him to communicate with the Church.

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