West Africa: ECOWAS Monitors Borders

19 December 2012

In the wake of cross border attacks at the Liberian borders with the Ivory Coast, the West African regional body, ECOWAS says its attention has been drawn to the situation and is monitoring the conflict very closely.

When Ivory Coast reported that some former Liberian fighters were crossing over into Cote d'Ivoires joining Ivorian rebels fighting against the government, Liberia security forces arrested several mercenaries involved in the Ivorian crisis and sealed up the border to prevent a spillover of the fighting into Liberia.

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