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a spokesperson for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), a summit held in West Africa today reached an agreement to dispatch troops to Sierra Leone, which has been beset by war, and to transfer the rebel leader, Foday Sankoh, to a foreign country. The spokesperson stated that 3,000 soldiers would be deployed to Sierra Leone and work under the United Nations command.
Sunday, 28 May, 2000