President Olusegun Obasanjo arrived in Conakry on Monday on a brief visit to discuss the conflict along the borders of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, AFP reported.
Nigerian Foreign Minister Sule Lamido told reporters in Abuja on Saturday that Obasanjo would invite the presidents of Guinea and Liberia to talks “very soon” on ending the enmity between the two neighbours. Both countries have accused each other of supporting anti-government dissidents.
The current fighting against insurgents on the Guinea and Liberian borders remains a source of worry to Abuja which has already spent billions in peacekeeping operations in Liberia and Sierra Leone. The fighting in southwestern Guinea between insurgents from Sierra Leone and government troops has uprooted tens of thousands of refugees and Guineans living in the border area.
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