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More troops arrive from Nigeria

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    An advance party of some 106 Nigerian soldiers, including six officers, arrived at Lungi International Airport on Thursday ahead of newly constituted battalions scheduled to join the new UN peacekeeping force, ECOMOG said on Friday.

    The soldiers, led by Major Michael Ologbenla, are expected to start training immediately to adapt to their roles in Sierra Leone in preparation for the main body of Nigerian peacekeepers expected to start arriving next week, ECOMOG said in a press release.

    The new troops are drawn from units around Lagos and Enugu in southern Nigeria which have taken part in foreign and local military operations, it said. Nigerian troops will make up nearly three battalions of the 6,000 strong force which will also include peacekeepers from Ghana, Guinea, India, and Kenya.

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