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In Sierra Leone’s far interior - including Koinadugu district, with some diamond and gold deposits - the remains of the ousted Armed Forces Ruling Council/Revolutionary United Front (AFRC/RUF) still loot, mutilate villagers and abduct children as porters and possible recruits, in a war of revenge and retribution. It is likely to grow fiercer soon, as the rains end. In July RUF fighters under the command of Sam Bockarie, aka ‘Maskita’, were said to have massacred civilians on capturing the small northern town of Kabbala and subsequently abducted some 200 children....

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Keywords:

Sam Bockarie, ‘Maskita’, Charles, Taylor, Liberia, Blaise Compaoré, Burkina Faso, Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, Hilton Fyle, Gipu, Felix George, Edward Akar, Victor Foh, Ibrahim Ben Kargbo, British, Robin Cook, Solomon Berewa, Foday, Sankoh, Nigeria, Charles Margai, Sam Hinga Norman, New Citizen

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