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A joint committee monitoring the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of rival fighters in Sierra Leone has declared the process complete in the two districts of Kambia and Port Loko.
In a joint communique, committee members UNAMSIL, the Revolutionary United Front and the government declared disarmament in the two districts, which started in May, a success. The committee reported that while a similar process had proceeded in Kono and Bonthe districts in June, there were “still pockets of combatants in Kono”. It called on the pro-government Civil Defence Forces and the RUF to disarm by Friday.
The next disarmament is due to begin on Wednesday in Moyamba and 20 August in Koinadugu. When the process is completed in these districts on 31 August, disarmament will move to Bomboli and Bo Districts in September.
The joint committee is scheduled to meet again in the northcentral town of Makeni on 6 September.
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