Sierra Leone clashes with Kamajor militia

The military government in Sierra Leone says its troops have been involved in skirmishes with the Kamajor militia at the country's south-eastern border with Liberia.

An army spokesman, Major John Milton, told the BBC the Kamajors had attacked their military positions near the town of Zimmi but had been pushed back across the Mano River Bridge towards Liberia.

Major Milton said the Kamajor militia was being helped by Nigerian troops of the ECOMOG peacekeeping force which has its headquarters in Liberia, with bases in Sierra Leone.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service