Sierra Leone: February 15, 2001

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The last battalion of Indian troops has left. Indians served in Sierra Leone since December, 1999. The situation in Sierra Leone is considered chaotic and nasty, wit many nations withdrawing their peacekeepers and only Nigeria sending new ones in the past year. There are only 10,500 peacekeepers in the country, half what the UN has authorized. As a result, RUF rebels still control much of the northern and eastern portions of the country.

 

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