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Daru “relaxed and quiet”

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    The eastern Sierra Leone town of Daru is “relaxed and quiet” and business activity is continuing, humanitarian sources reported. However concern for their safety has led some people to move from neighbouring villages to the town where an Indian UN peacekeeping force is stationed.

    One aid worker reported Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels in Daru as saying they were tired of fighting and would not join the Makeni group. Hundreds of disarmed RUF fighters have remained in the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration camp in Daru and were recently joined by eight more who said they wanted to demobilise, OCHA reported the aid worker as saying.

    The eastern diamond mining town of Kenema was also reported to be relatively quiet.

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