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    A senior OCHA official was due to travel to Sierra Leone to take part in a joint one-week humanitarian mission with UNICEF, UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said yesterday. The objective of the mission is to help plan and implement humanitarian assistance activities for war-affected populations, he said. The OCHA official would support the efforts of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General, Francis Okelo, and the UN humanitarian coordinator for Sierra Leone, Eckhard added.

    Meanwhile, Okelo travelled to Nigeria today to hold talks with countries with troops in Sierra Leone, Reuters said.

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