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Troops for Sierra Leone, DRC

    JOHANNESBURG

    Zambian President Frederick Chiluba has said his country will contribute troops for the peace-keeping missions in Sierra Leone and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

    A report in the ‘Times of Zambia’ on Wednesday quoted him as saying 800 Zambian soldiers would be sent to Sierra Leone in coming weeks. He also said Zambia would be sending an unspecified number of soldiers to the DRC where the UN Security Council last week adopted a resolution for the initial deployment of 5,500 observers. Last year, Zambia contributed police officers to the international mission in Kosovo.

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