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SIERRA LEONE: ECOMOG SOLDIERS CLOSE TO DEFEATING JUNTA TROOPS
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Ecomog soldiers in Sierra Leone have all but defeated troops loyal to the ousted junta leader Lt-Colonel Johnny Paul Koroma.
With 118 dead, hundreds more wounded and parts of the capital in ruins, the price for restoring...
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Sierra Leone - Latest situation
Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, remained relatively calm on Sunday (8/6), but the prospect of further military action by Nigeria dominated thought and discussion. The city's markets were busy, as shoppers stocked up in case of further...
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GUINEA: UP TO 8000 REFUGEES ARRIVE
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Thousands of refugees from Sierra Leone and Liberia are on the move in Guinea after border hostilities that have killed civilians and forced aid workers to suspend relief operations.
Local authorities in the southern town of...
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Sierra Leonian refugees flee Liberia for homeland
1. Boat next to dock at Port of Monrovia
2. Sierra Leonean refugees on quayside with luggage
3. Various people queueing
4. UNHCR officials checking paperwork
5. Close shot list of UNHCR designated repatriants
6. Luggage being loaded onto...
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SIERRA LEONE: REBEL FORCES CLASH WITH GOVERNMENT TROOPS
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Rebel forces in Sierra Leone advanced to within 20 miles (32 kms) of the nation's capital Freetown before government troops fought them back in fierce fighting yesterday (Monday May1).
Troops loyal to the Revolutionary United...
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UNUSED 20 3 81 OAU CHAIRMAN AND SIERRA LEONE PRESIDENT VISIT
Siaka Stevens, President of Sierra Leone and Chairman of the Organisation of African Unitry (OAU) arrives in Salisbury for a meeting of the OAU.
1. ws airport building 'Welcome To ZImbabwe'
2. vs tribal dancers
3. ms Zimbabwe ministers...
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Clashes between supporters of rival parties
1. President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah supporters dancing and chanting
2. Close-up Kabbah poster
3. Various Kabbah supporters dancing and singing
4. Policeman talking to youths
5. Man picking up stone
6. Wide shot people throwing stones
7. Wide...
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UK: BRITONS WHO FLED SIERRA LEONE COUP ARRIVE AT STANSTED AIRPORT
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Britons who fled the Sierra Leone coup arrived back in Britain early today (Friday) after escaping atrocities during the last few days in the capital Freetown.
A Foreign Office-chartered jumbo jet carrying up to 400 people...
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Memorial for UN workers killed in crash
1. Various of United Nations soldiers carrying metal coffins covered with UN flags
2. Soldiers putting coffins down
3. Coffins
4. SOUNDBITE (English): Major General Patrick Cammaert, military adviser at UN headquarters in New York:
"We...
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GUINEA: SIERRA LEONEAN REFUGEES
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The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (U-N-H-C-R) welcomed on Tuesday West African plans to deploy troops along the borders between Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
It's hoped the move will stop the region sliding...
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Unrest after opposition leader sworn in as president
September 17, 2007
1. Armed police arriving at Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) head office on the back of a truck
2. Police climb off the truck and onto the street
3. Various of police patrolling in front of the SLPP office
4....
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Liberia/Sierra Leone - Evacuation Of Foreigners
Heavy weapons fire continued to thunder across the Liberian
capital Monrovia on Saturday (13/4), as the evacuation of foreign
nationals from the war-torn city entered its busiest phase.
US helicopters were flying sorties around the...
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SYND 12-10-72 THE WORLDS THRID LARGEST DIAMOND IN NEW YORK
An interview with the Sierra Leone Ambassador Taylor-Kamara and Robert Winston, who purchased the "Star of Sierra Leone" diamond.
1. ws exterior and tilt down offices
2. Winston's door plaque "Rare Jewels of the World"
3. vs sealed...
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UNICEF donates motorbikes to help Guinea fight Ebola outbreak
UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund) presented the Guinean government with dozens of motorbikes on Thursday, to help with the fight against Ebola.
The bikes are to allow government health officials to reach...
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UN spokesman on Sierra Leone crash
1. Wide exterior United Nations
2. Shot of UN flags
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Marie Okabe, Associate Spokesperson for the U.N. Secretary-General:
"The Secretary-General regrets to inform that today at approximately 9.20 a.m. local time an...
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Sierra Leone - Coup leader Major Koroma
Major Johnny Koroma, leader of the coup in Sierra Leone, could
not find the words of peace 4,000 people in a Freetown stadium
had gathered to hear on Sunday (8/6).
Instead, a retired lieutenant-colonel, Andrew Koroma, spoke to
the crowd,...
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SIERRA LEONE: APTN PRODUCER SHOT & KILLED
Freetown, Sierra Leone - January 10, 1999 (TOKO PICTURES)
1. Troops in blue jeep driving past Associated Press journalists
2. Mid shot troops sitting on army jeep
3. Wide shot street with troops and jeep
4. Mid shot armed soldier on...
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USA: WASHINGTON: BRITISH DEFENCE SECRETARY GEORGE ROBERTSON VISIT
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Britain's new Defence Secretary George Robertson on Tuesday held his first meeting with his U-S counterpart, Secretary of Defence William Cohen.
Both emphasised their willingness to get S-FOR troops out of Bosnia by the June...
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UK - US evacuees arrive from Sierra Leone
75 Americans were among a plane-load of evacuees from Sierra
Leone who arrived in the UK early on Friday (6/6).
The plane, which had flown from Conakry, in Guinea, landed at
Stansted airport, northeast of London. Also on board were...
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GIBRALTAR: BRITISH NAVAL SHIPS LEAVE SIERRA LEONE
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British Naval ships bound for West Africa to help people who are trying to flee Sierra Leone have docked into Gibraltar to pick up supplies.
Three support ships were picking up essentials from the port - they'll be leaving...
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SYND 23-11-71 GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE ON RHODESIA SANCTIONS
The United Nations votes on sanctioning Rhodesia.
1. vs of the assembly
SOUNDBITE: French
2. ms man speaking
3. vs voting results on board
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SIERRA LEONE: THOUSANDS FLEE LIBERIA AS FRESH FIGHTING BREAKS OUT
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Fresh fighting has broken out in Liberia despite the departure of warlord Roosevelt Johnson for peace talks in Ghana.
Thousands of people have been fleeing the capital Monrovia after Johnson's bitter rival, government leader...
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Sierra Leone-Self-proclaimed head of state Koroma
Sierra Leone's coup leaders have threatened to banish the media
on Tuesday (10/6) after reports that they are enlisting the
support of Libya.
Rebel leader Johnny Koroma is claiming that the situation is
beginning to return to normal....
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Ebola threat affects local markets and vendors
Market sellers in Guinea's capital Conakry say the threat of Ebola is affecting sales of fruit and vegetables.
In Sierra Leone and Liberia, several markets have been shut down.
The price of rice and other staples is soaring in areas...