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NGO calls for withdrawal of mining leases

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    The Commission for the Cosolidation of Peace (CCP) has called for the withdrawal of all mining leases and contracts signed by rebel leader Foday Sankoh and which were not authorised by the country’s mineral resources commission, the Sierra Leone News Agency (SLENA) reported on Thursday.

    The CCP said these agreements were made on a purely personal basis and were done beyond the mandate of the Commission for the Management of Strategic Resources, National Reconstruction and Development, which Sankoh chaired.

    It added that efforts should be made to keep the spirit of the Lome Peace Agreement alive and urged the government to punish all those found guity of criminal acts even if they were signatories to the agreement.

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