U.N. Peacekeepers Begin Their Departure
From Times Wire Reports
Thousands of people, many in tears, lined the road to Freetown’s airport to bid farewell to the first large contingent of United Nations peacekeepers to leave war-scarred Sierra Leone.
About 450 Bangladeshi troops, stationed in the West African nation for almost two years as part of the U.N.’s 17,400-strong mission, left on a special flight.
The U.N. Security Council gave the green light in September for a gradual withdrawal of peacekeepers as stability is restored after a decade of brutal civil war.
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