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Peace force sacked

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South Africa's controversial peace-keeping force is to be disbanded today, barely four months after it was set up to keep order during the country's transition to democracy, AFP reports from Johannesburg.

The 4,000-member National Peacekeeping Force was dogged by reports of drunkeness, insubordination and desertion.

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