Efforts in pursuit of negotiations 3.
Consultations are currently under way to respond to the request.
Security situation 6. The AFRC is reported to have lost one of its two helicopter gunships during the clash in Freetown, and its military headquarters was extensively damaged. Similar clashes were reported to have occurred near Bo and Kenema in the south of the country. A number of civilian casualties were reported, but they have not been independently confirmed. The transmitter was not damaged.