Jailed Rebel Leader in Cease-Fire Talks
From Times Wire Reports
Detained rebel leader Foday Sankoh was flown to neighboring Guinea, where U.N. sources said he had long talks with West African mediators and Sierra Leone officials about a cease-fire after a week of fierce fighting in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. U.N. sources said the talks were adjourned after three hours with no news of an agreement between Sankoh’s Revolutionary United Front and a Nigerian-led regional force backing President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah’s government.
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