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- ‘I felt like I was on a merry-go-round’
- Nigeria CDS Ends Visit to Sierra Leone.
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- Former PDP MP Joins SLPP.
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ìììë – ìììë(ìëÃ) – May 18, 2004
The most expensive peacekeeping mission currently under way is in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This year’s bill is $640 million. Two others, in Liberia and Sierra Leone, each cost more than $500 million a year. Planned missions in Haiti and Sudan are also expected to be among the most costly. The United States and Japan together pay nearly 50 percent of the bill for U. peacekeeping operations.
‘I felt like I was on a merry-go-round’
BBC News – May 18, 2004
Rebels began to infiltrate Makeni disguised as beggars or Liberian refugees. Gunshots could be heard throughout the night despite the curfew. One of my cousins was killed. Another was abducted by the rebels.
Nigeria CDS Ends Visit to Sierra Leone.
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Nigeria CDS Ends Visit to Sierra Leone. | Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (May, 2004).
BBC Monitoring Weekly Prospects (Sub-Saharan Africa) for 19 30 May…
Free with registration – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 18, 2004
–> COPYRIGHT 2004 Financial Times Ltd. (From BBC Monitoring International Reports) Queries? Ring Duty Editor, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA on 0186254 (internal) or 0118-9486254 (externally) 10-25 BENIN: International Monetary Fund (IMF) team visits (Benin radio) 17-21 MADAGASCAR: All courts and other judicial bodies expected to remain closed as magistrates go on week-long strike (Malagasy newspaper Midi Madagasikara web site) 17-27 SIERRA LEONE: Kiev begins rotation of its 525 peacekeepers in Sierra-Leone. (Ukrainian news agency Interfax-Ukraine) 18-20 SUDAN: Canadian peace envoy to Sudan Senator Mobina Jaffer visits; meets President Umar Al-Bashir; situation in Sudan, bilateral ties on agenda (Sudanese newspaper Al-Khartoum) 19 ERITREA: Elections to regional assemblies held.
Former PDP MP Joins SLPP.
Free with registration – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 18, 2004
(From Standard Times (Sierra Leone) – AAGM) Byline: Abu Bakarr Kargbo A former member of Parliament for East III constituency under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Dauda Tombo Bangura has been ceremoniously welcomed by the ruling Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) as a grand chief patron. He also served as a flag bearer of the Grand Alliance Party (GAP).