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Guinea Releases 16 Soldiers and Police Officers From Sierra Leone After Border Dispute
The soldiers were detained for allegedly entering Guinea without authorization while building a border post; they were released after diplomatic talks involving Sierra Leone's foreign minister.
- Guinea released 16 Sierra Leonean soldiers and police on Friday after a delegation led by Sierra Leone Foreign Minister Alhaji Timothy Kabba visited Conakry, Sierra Leone said.
- Longstanding tensions stem from the 1991–2002 Sierra Leone civil war along the 700 kilometre Guinea–Sierra Leone border, contested for more than 20 years.
- Guinea said the security team entered without authorization and set up a tent about 1.6 kilometers inside its border, while Sierra Leone's government said members of the security team including an officer were apprehended and transported across the border.
- Regional bodies are relevant because Guinea's Prime Minister Bah promised a quick diplomatic settlement after Sierra Leone's delegation, led by Sierra Leone Foreign Minister Alhaji Timothy Kabba, visited Conakry, amid regional concerns.
- Historical military ties complicate the current dispute as Sierra Leone invited Guinea to defend its eastern borders during the war, but Guinean troop deployments and rebel-fighting operations continued afterward.
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