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Civil society donates money and food

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    Members of the religious community, civil society and parliament have donated five million leones (US $24,000) and 100,000 bags of rice to pro-government forces and the families of people killed during a recent demonstration for peace in Freetown, the Sierra Leone News Agency reported on Friday.

    The Secretary-General of the Inter-Religious Council of Sierra Leone (IRCSL), Alimamy Koroma, told President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah at a presentation ceremony that as members of the religious community they could not afford to be neutral in a situation that affected their own lives.

    The IRCSL, in collaboration with members of parliament and civil society, decided to join together to help address the root causes of indiscipline and low morale among the loyal fighting forces, the news agency reported.

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