Lunsar is a town in the Port Loko District in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. The population was 48,973 (2004). Lunsar is the second largest city in the Port Loko District after the district capital of Port Loko. Temne is the largest ethnic groups in Lunsar. Location of Port Loko District in Sierra Leone Port Loko District is one of the 14 Districts of Sierra Leone. ... Northern Province may refer to: North Province, Cameroon Northern Province, Sri Lanka Northern Province, Papua New Guinea Northern Province, Zambia Limpopo Province, South Africa, formerly named Northern Transvaal Northern Cape Province, South Africa, in line with reference to the former Cape Province as simply The Province, particularly in rugby. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Port Loko is a city in northwestern Sierra Leone in the Port Loko District of Northern Province. ... Temne can refer to: The Mel Temne language, one of the four official languages of Sierra Leone, Africa. ...
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Coordinates: 8°41′N12°32′W / 8.683, -12.533 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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.
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