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Sankoh’s whereabouts a mystery

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    The whereabouts of Revolutionary United Front (RUF) leader Foday Sankoh remained a mystery on Tuesday, one day after he disappeared as RUF members shot at demonstrators who had converged on his residence in Freetown.

    “The UN had nothing to do with Sankoh’s escape and we don’t know where he is now,” Fred Eckhard, the spokesman of the UN Secretary-General, said on Tuesday.

    Similarly, Sierra Leone’s presidential spokesman, Septimus Kaikai, told IRIN on Tuesday: “Honestly I don’t know where he is.”

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