Please find attached articles which mention the All People's Congress (APC). Current information on the Temne tribe could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.

Africa Confidential [London]. 2 February 1996. Vol. 37. No. 3. "Sierra Leone: Big Sister's Olive Branch," pp. 2-4.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political. Social and Cultural Series [Oxford]. 1-30 November 1995. Vol. 32. No. 11. "In Brief: Sierra Leone," p.12056.

Agence France Presse (AFP). 14 August 1995. "l7 Political Parties 'Provisionally'' Registered in Sierra Leone." (NEXIS)

West Africa [London]. 11-17 March 1996. No. 4090. Bernadette Cole. "SLPP Makes a Comeback," p. 385.

_____.4-10 March 1996. No. 4089. K-Roy Stevens and Bernadette Cole. "Sierra Leone's Date With Destiny," pp. 337-38.

_____.10-16 July 1995. No. 4057. "Rebels 'May Disrupt' Elections," pp. 1086-87.

_____.12-18 June 1995. No. 4053. "Sierra Leone: A Murky Scenario," pp.- 924-25.

_____.24-30 April 1995. No. 4046. "Sierra Leone's Dilemma p. 612.