During the same period, 76,185 combatants had received their full allowance in 11 locations throughout the country.

During the fighting, 30 militants, 15 soldiers and two civilians were killed and at least 12 soldiers and four militants were wounded.

In April, 387 Liberian ex combatants were repatriated to Liberia, thus completing the exercise.

As at 1 December 2004, a total of 101,449 combatants had been disarmed and demobilized since December 2003.

He Graduated from King Faisal Air Academy in Riyadh (Bachelor of Science in Air Science) and was a Fighter pilot at the Royal Saudi Air Force.

The original plan was to buy about 40 western fighters and about 20 Soviet fighters, but after the collapse of the Soviet Union and the end of policy of Finlandization this was no longer necessary.

As highlighted in my earlier reports, 612 ex combatants who identified themselves as foreign nationals during the disarmament and demobilization process are still to be repatriated to their home countries.

After the disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programme in Sierra Leone was officially concluded, with over 55,000 ex combatants having gone through the regular reintegration process, the focus shifted to community participation and reintegration, with particular emphasis on youth.

Early this month, India s army foiled an attempted incursion by a group of 30 to 40 militants from Pakistani territory, leading Indian critics to decry official peace overtures.

Those reports were corroborated by Human Rights Watch in a meeting held on 30 March 2005, which provided the names of 16 former MODEL commanders in charge of recruitment, including Sergeant Oulie in Toe Town (Grand Gedeh County).