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ECOMOG reinforcements offshore

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    A French warship, Le Siroco, with 300 Bissau-bound ECOMOG soldiers on board has been ordered to stay offshore because of the fighting in Bissau, news reports said. AFP, quoting naval officers, said the orders came from the French military command in Cape Verde islands, Guinea Bissau’s former twin Potruguese colony off Senegal’s coast.

    The ship is carrying 146 soldiers from Niger and 145 from Benin. A return trip to Dakar, the Senegelase capital, was scheduled for Tuesday to bring 200 Gambian and Togolese troops.

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