WEST AFRICA: IRIN-WA Weekly Roundup 44
SIERRA LEONE: RUF engaging Guinea
Close to half the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) fighters in Sierra
Leone's eastern area of Tongo have moved north and are "fully engaged" in
military operations in Guinea, OCHA said in its situation report for 3-27
October. However, OCHA said the Guinean army had over the past two weeks
successfully countered the rebel attacks. It also said Guinean troops bombed
RUF positions in Kambia District.
Meanwhile, on 13 October, civilians from Kortimaw Island (48 km north of
Freetown) reported that 21 RUF fighters from mainland locations looted a
village and raped two women. In Mile 91, east of Freetown, it was
pro-government Civil Defence Forces who were reported to have harassed
civilians.
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