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ECOMOG troops still at sea

[DRC] Lance-Cpl Mohammud Abdusobahn from the Bangladeshi contingent of MONUC troops at a checkpoint in Bunia town. (Date taken: 31 August 2003) IRIN
Le soldat Mohammud Abdusobahn
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    Additional ECOMOG peacekeeping troops, which were due to disembark in Bissau when the fighting erupted on Sunday, were still aboard the French warship, Le Siroco, late yesterday waiting for an improvement of the situation before going ashore, AFP said. The departure of 132 Gambians to join ECOMOG has also been delayed by the fighting, Gambia’s deputy army commander, Lieutenant Colonel Samsudeen Sarr, was quoted as saying. Benin is also due to send troops. An advance Togolese ECOMOG contingent of 110 men arrived in Bissau weeks before the current round of fighting.

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