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UNOMSIL opens reception points for ex-rebels

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    The United Nations Observer Mission in Sierra Leone (UNOMSIL) has opened three reception points in Freetown where former rebel soldiers are registered on the demobilisation programme after surrendering their weapons and ammunition, according to the Deputy Spokesman of the Secretary-General in New York.

    As at last Friday, 18 ex-combatants had been registered in the reception centres, which are manned by members of ECOMOG and UNOMSIL.

    According to government sources there are at least 33,000 armed rebels, renegade soldiers or members of the civil defence force in Sierra Leone.

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