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Article: Militia groups disarmament process starts in western Cote d'Ivoire
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- July 28, 2006
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Militia groups disarmament process starts in western Cote d'Ivoire
ABIDJAN, July 27 (Xinhua) -- The long-delayed militia disarmament
in western Cote d'Ivoire finally got under way on Wednesday, Jean-
Luc Stalon, head of a UN mission in the western African country
(ONUCI), confirmed on Thursday.
Around 109 militiamen in the western town of Guiglo, a militia
stronghold near the Liberian border, handed over weapons on Wednesday
to government representatives, Stalon, head of the Division for
Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) of the ONUCI,
told a weekly news briefing.
A further 2,000 combatants are also committed to giving up their
weapons before the deadline, Aug. 6, in ...