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Disarmament programme on hold

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    Sierra Leone’s Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration programme (DDR) has been brought to a “temporary halt” due to the upsurge in fighting in parts of the country, according to the executive secretary of the national DDR commission, Francis Kai-Kai.

    He told the Sierra Leone Web service the official position was that the programme was still ongoing and the government had urged all combatants, especially the RUF, to continue disarming in accordance with the programme. “We are yet to see a response, even in the eastern region, where the RUF is apparently not at all keen on resuming any hostilities,” Sierra Leone Web quoted him as saying.

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