1. Outside of Freetown, rebels from the ousted junta continued to put up some resistance. 2. Ousted junta fighters and their allied rebels have been blamed for horrific atrocities, including murder, mutilation and rape. 3. Fighting continues, however, in parts of Sierra Leone, with ousted junta soldiers and their rebel allies killing, maiming and torturing civilians. 4. Gbagbo came to power in a popular uprising after ousted junta leader Gen. Robert Guei tried to steal a win in the presidential elections. 5. Ousted junta fighters and the rebels have been blamed for horrific atrocities, including murders, mutilations and rapes. 6. Responding to a summons from ousted junta leader Johnny Paul Koroma, the streets of Freetown were soon buzzing with commandeered cars sprouting machine-gun barrels from every window. 7. The Christian Brothers missionaries and some residents of the city of Bo fled into the bush last week as forces loyal to the ousted junta began looting. 8. The deportations were intended to rid the country of foreigners who had aided the ousted junta regime, Berewa said. 9. The hourlong attack came just days after a West African coalition army captured the town from soldiers loyal to the ousted junta. 10. The ousted junta promised them these things. |