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Reports of fighting at Rogberi Junction

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    The past 24 hours have been reportedly calm in Sierra Leone, UN spokesman Fred Eckhard said on Tuesday.

    However, in recent days there had been sporadic fighting between pro-government forces and rebel troops at the strategic crossroads town of Rogberi Junction, northeast of Freetown, government, humanitarian and other sources reported.

    The most recent clash reportedly occurred on Tuesday when Revolutionary United Front (RUF) forces attacked Sierra Leone Army (SLA) troops, but were driven off, Reuters reported the SLA commander at Rogberi Junction as saying. Sierra Leone’s information minister, Julius Spencer, could not confirm this.

    However, he told IRIN on Tuesday that there had been fighting there on Sunday night and that government forces were in control of the town. He was unable to give any details of casualties.

    There have been unconfirmed claims by pro-government forces that they are moving towards Lunsar.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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