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Missionaries evacuate Makeni for first time

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    Elderly Xaverian missionaries in the Roman Catholic diocese of Makeni have been evacuated as a precaution because of a recent rebel presence l60 km to the east, missionary sources said yesterday. However, younger missionaries and the local clergy are to remain in the administrative centre together with the bishop of the area, Monsignor Biguzzi. The sources said two Xaverian missionaries, the Reverend Kasanzikie Kamanzi from Congo and the Reverend Jose-Angel Aguirre Abaitua from Spain, are missing from the Parish of Christ the King at Binkolo, about 10 km east of Makeni. Bishop Biguzzi said that the two probably took shelter following an evacuation plan adopted recently.

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