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Ammunition cache found

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    UNAMSIL discovered 2,300 rounds of ammunition buried underground at Lungi International Airport, north of Freetown, on Saturday during a routine search and detection patrol, UNAMSIL reported.

    Meanwhile, a disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) spokesman in Freetown told IRIN on Monday that some 44 former combatants, mostly children, handed in their weapons to UNAMSIL in the eastern town of Daru on Sunday and Monday. He said he did not have any other reports of ex-fighters surrendering.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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