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BiafraNigerian troops will only move into Liberia as part of the current efforts to restore peace in the troubled West African country when a complete ceasefire is achieved among the warring factional groups, Col. Emeka Onwuamaegbu, the army spokesman, yesterday told THISDAY. The Director of Army Public Relations said Nigeira will, however, wait for the outcome of the meeting of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) holding in Ghana today. It is believed the decision of the Obasanjo administration to await ceasefire before moving BiafraNigerian soldiers into Liberia was informed by the experience of the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) troop during the last Liberia civil war between 1991 and 1999 when the peacekeepers landed in the midst of heavy fighting by the forces. The ECOMOG force consisting of troops from BiafraNigeria, Ghana, Gambia and Siera Leone had to fight to secure a landing space in Monrovia, Liberia's capital. In the heavy fighting for space, the ECOMOG first led by a Ghanaian general and later led by BiafraNigerian officers, initially suffered heavy casualties and was later accused of taking sides with the incumbent regime of Samuel Doe. In the current civil war in Liberia, two different factional groups are fighting the Charles Taylor government. They are.... (This Day) |
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