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Sankoh's appeal against death sentence postponed

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    A death sentence appeal by Sierra Leonean rebel leader Foday Sankoh has been delayed as lawyers for the defendant continue to prepare their case, according to news reports. Justice Minister Solomon Berewa said Sankoh's lawyers were still "compiling grounds for his appeal" which was due to have started this week. The delay coincides with an announcement by President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah that Sankoh, who was sentenced to death of treason charges, would be allowed to meet his field commanders in Togo on 18 April.

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