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Displaced people demonstrate in capital

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    Hundreds of internally displaced people (IDPs) from the eastern diamond district of Kono held a peaceful demonstration on Saturday in the national stadium in Freetown, the Missionary News Agency (MISNA) reported on Monday. The demonstrators, currently living in camps the Freetown area, said they wanted to be able to return to their homes some eight months after the government and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) signed the Lome Peace Accord, MISNA reported. They said the authorities should guarantee the safe return of civilians to the district.

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