President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah of Sierra Leone rejected a ceasefire offer from rebels until they withdrew from diamond areas.
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Last month, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah was joined by rebel leaders and international guests at a peace ceremony in an army camp in the capital, Freetown.
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Fearful that the chaos may spread, the neighbours, chiefly Nigeria, sent soldiers to support Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, operating under the mandate of the West African Economic Community.