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Border with Sierra Leone reopened

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    Liberia’s main border with Sierra Leone was officially reopened after a nine-month closure at a ceremony held on Monday at Bo Waterside, some 100 km northwest of Monrovia, news organisations reported. According to Radio Liberia International, Defence Minister Daniel Chea said Liberia was reopening the border to help facilitate the peace process in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone’s deputy defence minister, Hinga Norman, said the move would strengthen the ties between the two countries, Radio Liberia International reported. Norman heads Sierra Leone’s Civil Defence Force (CDF), which played a significant role in the eight-year war against the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels, whom Sierra Leone had accused Liberia’s government of supporting.

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