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    Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo started on Friday a one-day tour to Sierra Leone, Liberia and Togo, according to news organisations.

    A humanitarian source in Freetown told IRIN that Obasanjo had already left the Sierra Leonean capital for Liberia to meet President Charles Taylor.

    “The objectives of Obasanjo’s mission are not clearly stated,” the source said, “but we assume that it is to advance the peace process.”

    News reports said Obasanjo’s discussions with his counterparts might focus on security matters such as ECOMOG, a mainly Nigerian peacekeeping force.

    In an interview broadcast on Thursday on Gabon’s Africa No 1 radio, Togolese Foreign Minister Joseph Koffigoh advised against a rapid ECOMOG withdrawal from Sierra Leone.

    “The idea is that if ECOMOG should pull out hastily it would likely create a vacuum,” he said.

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