00:00A cross-border incident has sparked tensions between Sierra Leone and Guinea.
00:05Sixteen Sierra Leonean military and police personnel were arrested by Guinean security forces between Sunday and Monday near the district
00:13of Falaba.
00:14Both countries confirmed the arrest, but their versions of events differ sharply.
00:19Freetown says the joint team was building a border post in the locality of Kaliere when they were detained and
00:26taken into Guinean territory.
00:28Their weapons confiscated.
00:30Conak reclaims the Sierra Leonean forces crossed illegally, entering about 1.4 kilometers into Guinea, where they allegedly pitched a
00:39tent and hoisted their national flag.
00:42Guinea's military has called on its forces to remain mobilized to protect territorial integrity.
00:48The incident ignites a nearly two decades-border dispute between the neighbors, particularly over the mining village of Yanga.
00:56In September, ECOWA has deployed a technical mission to the area following the previous incansions.
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