No reports of dissidents in the Brong Ahafo region accused of possessing weapons and sentenced to death by firing squad between January 1997 and January 1999, but who managed to escape from the authorities, could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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. Please see the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Africa Confidential [London]. January 1998 -September 1999. Vols. 38-40. Nos. 1-25.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series [Oxford]. January 1997- January 1999. Vols.33-35. Nos. 1-12.

Amnesty International. 1999. Amnesty International Report 1999. New York: Amnesty International USA.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1997. 1998-1999 United States Department of State. Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Press.

Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. January 1997-May 1999. Monthly. Vols. 43-45.

International Prisons Observer, Paris. 1997.

West Africa [London]. April 1997-January 1999. Monthly. 4143-4201.

Electronic sources: IRB databases, Internet [http:www.metacrawler.com; http://www.google.com], LEXIS/NEXIS, World Network Connection (WNC)

Unsuccessful attempts to reach oral sources.