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	S Leone army gears up to take key town
		Lunsar was the furthest the government forces had advanced into rebel territory since civil war resumed last month, but their inability to hold their position was a blow to the morale of the often disorganised loyalist troops.
		Military sources said that after the army's failure to hold Lunsar, officers from the former colonial ruler Britain were providing advice on logistics.
		The peacekeepers have promised a vigorous response to any attack on Rogberi, close to a position where four Zambian UN soldiers were killed trying to defend it when rebels defied a 1999 peace accord to advance towards Freetown a month ago.
	www.iol.co.za /general/avant_newsview.php?click_id=68&art_id=qw960136867302B245&set_id=6 (746 words)

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		LUNSAR, 23 Mar 2005 (IRIN) - Young girls in Sierra Leone, who were traditionally circumcised at puberty, are having their clitoris cut out by secret societies at a younger and younger age, especially in the remote north of the country.
		At Lunsar, a village 120 km northeast of the capital, Freetown, a group of circumcisers and their young assistants had gathered to listen to speakers from a women's rights group urge them to give up the practice.
		Nandewa Bangura, from Rothana, a village near Lunsar, is one of those who have heeded the call, after wielding her knife between the thighs of countless young girls for the past decade - she cannot remember how many she has circumcised over the years.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=45988&SelectRegion=West_Africa (1249 words)

	africast.com - News List
		The loss of Lunsar raises questions about the effectiveness of a motley pro-government alliance, which has been supported, trained and supplied by former colonial power Britain and backed up by a United Nations peacekeeping force.
		Lunsar, on a main road from the capital Freetown to the rebel-held diamond areas in the east, has changed hands several times since rebels reneged on a 1999 peace deal in early May, capturing hundreds of U.N. peacekeepers and trying to advance on Freetown.
		Government forces briefly captured Lunsar, 65 miles (105 km) northeast of Freetown, at the end of May, lost it and then retook it on June 7.
	news.africast.com /article.php?newsID=552&strRegion=West (418 words)

	ODW - Ärzte gesucht (engl version) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		In november 2004, 2 german orthopaedic surgeons went to Lunsar in the northern part of SL to search for possibilities to support the local work.
		This lead to a project, which is meant to bring volonteer surgeons to SL to do operations and look after outdoor patients, sacrificing a part of their holidays.
		Lunsar can be well reached within 1,5 h from the only international airport of the country in Lungi, even during rainy season.
	www.o-d-w.net /odw_englisch.html (323 words)

	Guardian \| Sierra Leone army mobilises for new push
		Sierra Leonean army and militia units are striving to restore the momentum of their advance into territory held by the Revolutionary United Front, after being forced to retreat earlier this week from the town of Lunsar, 70 miles north-east of the capital.
		The capture of Lunsar, represented the first government seizure of long-held RUF territory - as opposed to the retaking of land through which the rebels had advanced recently to threaten the capital, Freetown.
		The taking of Lunsar encouraged those who believe that the government's forces have the capacity in the coming weeks and months to fight through many more miles of territory, taking five or six more towns on the way, and finally dislodging the RUF from the diamond areas in the east of the country.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4025103-103970,00.html (669 words)

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		Lunsar used to be popular for its iron ore and agriculture way back in the 1970s and 1980s.
		But due to corruption and mismanagement couple with war that lasted for ten years, the Mining Company was closed bringing Lunsar to its knees, and its citizens reduced to begging.
		Due to the dominance of the Roman Catholic mission in the town, almost every body depends on the Priest for their survival thus making it difficult for the people to worship freely in other churches.
	www.bethelsierraleone.org /PhotoGallery.html (638 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| Sierra Leone prepares new offensive
		The loss of Lunsar is a big blow for President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah's British-backed forces, only two days after they had taken the town.
		Lunsar is located about 100 km (60 miles) north-east of Freetown on a major highway that leads from the capital to the rebel-held town of Makeni and the rest of the diamond-rich east of the country.
		The Lunsar recapture - which is the first major reversal for pro-government forces in recent days - comes at a critical time in Sierra Leone as then majority of UK forces prepare to withdraw by mid-June.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/773427.stm (365 words)

	UN Deploys in RUF-Held Territory - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council
		The soldiers were sent to Lunsar, approximately 90 kilometres from the capital Freetown in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone.
		The RUF has agreed to remove its roadblocks on the Rogberi-Lunsar road and to ensure that Lunsar is a weapons-free zone, UN sources inform.
		On Saturday, 10 March, UNAMSIL troops had conducted a patrol to Lunsar to assess the general security situation of the area and conduct a recce for the deployment of troops.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/sierra/2001/0315trps.htm (657 words)

	UNAMSIL
		A sensitization workshop on the DDR process was organized in Lunsar on Saturday, 7 April, by UNAMSIL, the NCDDR and UNICEF, for RUF commanders mainly from the 4th Brigade.
		A: We only recently deployed in Lunsar and we were told when were there that when UNAMSIL deployed initially, there were only about 500 residents of Lunsar and the number increased to over a thousand in a very short period.
		As you rightly pointed out, the people of Lunsar expressed their needs and they have suffered for very long time and we want to do all what we can to help them.
	www.un.org /depts/dpko/unamsil/DB/db100401.htm (1992 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| Sierra Leone army retakes key town
		Lunsar is the first rebel town to fall to the government.
		It is on the road to the rebel stronghold of Makeni and the diamond fields further east.
		At least one government soldier sustained injuries as Lunsar was retaken.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/world/africa/781867.stm (446 words)

	Sierra Leone: Rape and other forms of sexual violence against girls and women
		She was forced to accompany rebel forces first to Lunsar and then to Makeni, in Northern Province, and was eventually forced to become the ''wife'' of one of the rebels.
		Taken to a rebel camp, she was repeatedly raped by several rebel combatants and was forced to carry supplies, cook and cut wood.
		Among those reported to have been raped in Makeni was a 14-year-old schoolgirl who was raped by rebel combatants in front her parents at their home in Makeni on 1 May 2000.
	www.amnestyusa.org /escr/document.do?id=776E45CA19369A2B802569190072524A (3554 words)

	The Namibian \| Sierra Leone army vows to retake strategic Lunsar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		FREETOWN - The Sierra Leone Army vowed on Thursday to retake the strategic town of Lunsar which fell to rebels on Wednesday in the first serious reversal for the loyalist forces since their offensive began last month.
		The loss of Lunsar, on the highway to the rebels' northern base of Makeni and the diamond mines of the east, is a big blow for President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah's British-backed forces, only two days after they had taken the town.
		Government forces retreated from Lunsar, 105 km (65 miles) northeast of Freetown, in the early hours of Wednesday after running out of ammunition.
	www.namibian.com.na /Netstories/2000/June/Africa/008270A5B2.html (619 words)

	PeaceWomen- Working to monitor and advocate for the full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325
		At Lunsar, a village 120 km northeast of the capital, Freetown, a group of circumcisers and their young assistants had gathered to listen to speakers from a women's rights group urge them to give up the practice.
		One of the young women in the group at Lunsar said she had been circumcised at puberty, in the chaos of Sierra Leone's 1991-2001 civil war, and had been performing the operation on other girls.
		Nandewa Bangura, from Rothana, a village near Lunsar, is one of those who have heeded the call, after wielding her knife between the thighs of countless young girls for the past decade - she cannot remember how many she has circumcised over the years.
	www.peacewomen.org /news/SierraLeone/March05/circumcise.html (1116 words)

	SIERRA LEONE: Voices of victims of human rights abuses from Sierra Leone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		There was an argument among the rebels about the sex of the baby she was bearing, so they decided to open her stomach to see the baby." A man from Lunsar describing an attack by RUF forces on Lunsar on 31 May 2000.
		My neighbours later told me that he was taken to the lorry park at Lunsar where he was executed.
		His body was left unburied for eight days." A woman who told how she fled from Lunsar on 28 May 2000.
	mailman1.u.washington.edu /pipermail/hrnetnews/2000-June/001283.html (1053 words)

	esierra6
		Father Bruno assisted the education, meals and health of the students and teachers who were uprooted with the funding from Japan, and also set himself to building houses, for orphans of the war.
		And even in terms of the war, the alliance between the national army, the UN troops and the British army were able to switch its position to the offensive.
		However, once again 300 peacekeepers were surrounded in Kailahun, and the vigor of their fighting weakened, which led Lunsar once again to be taken over by the enemies.
	www6.plala.or.jp /tewokas/esierra6.htm (2189 words)

	The Namibian \| SL rebels mount fresh attacks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Renewed attacks by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) have raised questions over British, government and UN suggestions that Foday Sankoh's guerrillas are on the retreat, as Britain's emergency task force prepares to pull out.
		After halting the rebel advance, government troops have pushed as far as Lunsar, 105 km northeast of the capital, on the road to the rebel stronghold of Makeni and the eastern diamond mines that have helped fuel the war.
		The task force the former colonial power sent to evacuate Britons and bolster the ill-prepared UN mission is due to leave today, although most marine commandos have already returned to their ship HMS Ocean.
	www.namibian.com.na /Netstories/2000/June/Africa/0089CA2E90.html (318 words)

	First Community Bank Launched in Lunsar. \| Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (February, 2002) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		History was made recently in the northern town of Lunsar, Port Loko district when Vice president Solomon Berewa together with a galaxy of government functionaries including Bank of Sierra Leone officials and members of the opposition opened the first community Bank in the country.
		In his opening remarks, the chairman Dr Alpha T. Wurie Minister of Education Science and Technology said that the Governor was right for selecting this part of the North to open the first community bank.
		He said that Lunsar had been enjoying banking services since the time of the operations of DELCO, adding that Barclays Bank was the first to start business in the Northern part of the country, Lunsar.
	www.accessmylibrary.com /coms2/summary_0286-10057409_ITM (328 words)

	Correspondence between Lunsar Descendants in USA and Ministry of Education in Sierra Leone
		We recently learnt that a new school built in Lunsar by the government of Sierra Leone, with donor funds, was named after the late A.D. Wurie, your father.
		Wurie, we are aware of your argument that “the people of Lunsar” provided the land and suggested the idea of naming the school after your late father.
		Based on the circumstances in which he was chased out of Lunsar, we would be guilty of abdicating our moral responsibility if we sat idly by and allowed this charade to go unchallenged.
	news.sl /drwebsite/publish/printer_20052541.shtml (1358 words)

	elatestnew
		Far back in July we took the bold decision of re-establishing ourselves at Lunsar in spite of the shaky situation in town; ‘shaky’ due to the imposing presence of numerous ex-combatants who were still ruling the people’s life.
		I myself started coming to Lunsar every week-end, at the end of July, sleeping in our school where the UN peacekeeping troops were located.
		We heard that she will be coming to Lunsar to assess the situation.
	www6.plala.or.jp /tewokas/elatestnew.htm (2420 words)

	UNAMSIL
		As I am talking to you now, the troops of NIBATT 7 [Nigerian Battalion 7] have left Lunsar and should be almost arriving in Makeni, which will be their new home for some time.
		NIBATT 7 that was in Lunsar is now moving out of Lunsar to Makeni, and BANARTY is moving into Lunsar.
		And not to leave Lunsar empty, we are moving BANARTY from Hastings into Lunsar.
	www.un.org /depts/dpko/unamsil/DB/db17041p.htm (1908 words)

	National Commission for Social Action
		So when Foday Bangura says life is cold back at Lunsar this may be the reason.
		Lunsar, a former iron ore mining town, with a lot of activity and opportunities is now merely a shadow of its former self.
		Whatever the reasons for displaced persons wanting to continue to leave in camps, the continued existence of camps is not good for the long-term development of the country.
	www.nacsa-sl.org /displaced_camps_1.htm (1204 words)

	live from freetown » Blog Archive » Trip to Lunsar
		Yesterday, I we drove two hours upcountry to the town of Lunsar, where Mercy Ships has a pilot project funded by some UN agencies.
		We left the house at 6:45 in the morning and stopped off at the New Steps clinic, which is an hour away, before continuting on.
		The visits didn’t last long- we were only in Lunsar for about 2 hours before heading home.
	www.livefromfreetown.com /2006/06/16/trip-to-lunsar (358 words)

	Rebels Reiterate Commitment to Cooperation With UN - Global Policy Forum - UN Security Council
		To demonstrate their commitment, the rebels have dismantled three checkpoints between Rogberi and Lunsar in accordance with a request by Frechette, the UN said.
		In her brief meeting with members of the RUF high command, including Col. Jonathan Kposowa and Gibril Massaquoi, Frechette stressed the need for the rebel group to demonstrate concrete evidence of their commitment to implementation of the ceasefire accord they signed in Abuja last October.
		While in Sierra Leone, the UN official met with President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah and told him she was in the country to look at the economic, social and humanitarian situation.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/sierra/2001/0409ruf.htm (279 words)

	EuropaWorld 13/4/2001 Deputy Secretary General Finds More Stability in Sierra Leone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Later she drove out to Lunsar some 80 kilometres into the interior, pausing on the way to visit the Bangladeshi contingent of UN peacekeepers at Lungi airport.
		She urged the RUF to dismantle its three checkpoints between Rogberi and Lunsar to demonstrate its commitment.
		Despite only having been there a few weeks, the force seemed to have already established a climate of security that, she was told, did not exist before.
	www.europaworld.org /Issue30/deputysecretarygeneralfinds13401.htm (301 words)

	UNICEF - Press centre - Security Council Meeting on Children and Armed Conflict
		The information was passed on to all the fighters and within 2 days over 250 children were released to UNAMSIL in Kabala Town.
		We were taken to a care centre in Lunsar.
		In Lunsar I was first registered for demobilisation and then later handed over to Caritas Makeni, for care and protection.
	www.unicef.org /media/media_10380.html (1134 words)

	Volunteer Abroad Program - Volunteer in Sierra Leone
		Volunteers will always work with a local staff member and will shadow programme social workers (night-tracking, identification, mediation and post-reunification follow-up activities) and provide 'on the job training' and advice, and formal in-house training (workshop/seminars) to build up the skills of programme social workers.
		Those volunteers working on the Lunsar Cycle Breaker Programme will participate in the follow-up of past graduates (mediation and support) and provide trauma counselling to current beneficiaries (war victims, sexual exploitation, and domestic abuse).
		Volunteers from these backgrounds will be playing a crucial role at Lunsar as existing skills training courses (in gara tie-dye, hairdressing, tailoring and computer skills) are faded out.
	www.volunteerabroad.com /listingsp3.cfm/listing/18858/feature/1 (813 words)

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	Protecting and promoting good nutrition in crisis and recovery
		Figure 3 shows the type of objectives that were identified based on the Lunsar problem tree.
		Objectives, outputs and the indicators to measure progress need therefore to be revised periodically in order to keep up with changing conditions.
		However, an understanding of the long-term factors that increase vulnerability to food and nutrition insecurity should make it possible to design and plan an intervention strategy that can address both current and chronic vulnerability to food and nutrition insecurity.
	www.fao.org /docrep/008/y5815e/y5815e08.htm (4029 words)

	FAO/GIEWS - Foodcrops & Shortages 06/00 - SIERRA LEONE* (12 June) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Due to insecurity, input distribution was suspended and on-going relief operations were seriously disrupted, notably in the north, including Kambia, Lunsar, Makeni, and Kabala.
		However, WFP had to stop food distributions to approximately 200 000 beneficiaries and to curtail school feeding to about 30 000 children in Makeni, Lunsar and Magburaka.
		There are reports that civilians in towns under rebel control, such as Makeni, Lunsar, Magburaka and Fadugu, have been subjected to arduous food levies.
	www.fao.org /docrep/004/x7555e/pays/sil0006e.htm (595 words)

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