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SIERRA LEONE: FREETOWN: TROOPS DEFEND PRESIDENT KABBAH
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Truckloads of soldiers and militiamen armed with weapons have been speeding towards key towns outside Freetown to defend the embattled government of President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah.
Rebels have forced U-N peacekeepers to abandon...
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UK - Evacuees arrive
US marines aboard the ship Kearsarge staged a rescue operation
on Sunday (01/06) to take US nationals to safety following the
military coup in Sierra Leone.
Upon returning to safety in the United Kingdom, many of those evacuated told...
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SIERRA LEONE: AID WORKER HELD HOSTAGE FOR 9 DAYS ARE RELEASED
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Five missionary aid workers held hostage for nine days in Sierra Leone by supporters of the former ruling junta were released by their captors on Friday.
Other aid workers who had not been kidnapped, but were on the run...
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Philip Hammond visiting Ebola training centre
Philip Hammond visiting Ebola training centre
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Reax from Liberia and SLeone as court upholds sentence for ex-president
More than a decade after he helped rebels go on a murderous rampage in Sierra Leone, Liberia's former president Charles Taylor was definitively convicted and imprisoned on Thursday for 50 years.
The appeals chamber of the Special Court...
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Reactions from victims as court upholds sentence for Liberia's Taylor; convoy leaves
Human rights groups and victims of war crimes in Sierra Leone welcomed the court's decision to uphold the conviction and 50-year sentence of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.
The appeals chamber of the Special Court for Sierra...
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Thirty bodies found after Sierra Leone boat accident
1. Mid of side of boat that capsized
2. Close of interior of boat
3. Military rescue worker, Christopher Lyttle inspecting boat
4. Cutaway of boat
5. SOUNDBITE (Krio) Christopher Lyttle, Lieutenant Corporal, Sierra Leone Army Forces...
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RUSSIA: BOMB EXPLODES OUTSIDE MOSCOW SYNAGOGUE UPDATE
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Thursday's bomb blast at a Moscow synagogue is thought to be the latest in a series of racist attacks in the Russian capital.
Two weeks ago, a black U-S marine was beaten up by a group of skinheads and many embassies have...
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SIERRA LEONE: EVACUATION FROM LIBERIA PICKS UP SPEED
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The evacuation of foreigners from the war-torn capital of Liberia is picking up steam.
The U-S says it has flown some 900 people to safety, while the U-N says it's planning to get its workers out by boat.
Thousands more...
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SIERRA LEONE: APTN PRODUCER SHOT & KILLED (V)
Freetown, Sierra Leone - 10 January 1999 & file & Nairobi, Kenya - File
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SIERRA LEONE: SITUATION UPDATE (3)
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While the British cabinet met in London to discuss the operational mandate of British soldiers in Sierra Leone, the presidential office in the capital, Freetown, called upon the western world to help them protect their...
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Sierra Leone - Residents live on edge after coup
There are only a few signs that life is returning to something
approaching normal for residents of Sierre Leone's capital,
Freetown.
It's nearly three weeks since a military junta overthrew the
democratically elected government and since...
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SIERRA LEONE: THOUSANDS DISPLACED DUE TO CIVIL WAR
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Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced from their homes in Sierra Leone and now face starvation as a vicious civil war tears their country apart.
The war in the West African nation has pitted a little-known rebel...
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GUINEA: U-N-H-C-R COMMISSIONER LUBBERS MEETS REFUGEES
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The new U-N High Commissioner for refugees, Ruud Lubbers, met with Guinea refugees on Monday as part of his nine-day West African tour.
The refugees are heading back to Freetown in boats that chartered by the U-N-H-C-R.
The...
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IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde warns that if not contained, the Ebola virus might develop into something that would be a very serious concern, could pose significant risks for global economy. (Oct. 2)
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde warns that if not contained, the Ebola virus might develop into something that would be a very serious concern, could pose significant risks for global economy. (Oct. 2)
The International Monetary...
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French interior and health ministers discuss latest ebola prevention measures
The French health minister on Monday confirmed that a UNICEF employee infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone is receiving treatment in France.
Marisol Touraine said it was "only case that we are receiving for the moment."
The Health...
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Sierra Leone - Latest situation
A source close to Sierra Leone's ruling military junta said on Sunday (8/6) that the junta, which wrested power in a May 25 coup, had no plans to restore democracy. Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, appeared relatively calm on Sunday,...
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WRAP Diplomatic effort; Gbagbo lawyer on talks, demo in Belgium
Abidjan - 28 December, 2010
1. President of Cape Verde, Pedro Pires walking down plane steps, being greeted by President Laurent Gbagbo's prime minister Gilbert Marie N'gbo Ake and other officials
2. Pires and Gbagbo's prime minister...
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Sierre Leone - Mercenaries On Patrol
Hundreds of mercenaries have been employed for the past several
months by the Sierra Leone government to help clear rebels out of
the country's main diamond-mining areas. Sierra Leone has been involved in a violent civil war since March...
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British FM and Armed Forces Minister arrive to discuss aid to tackle Ebola outbreak
British Foreign Secretary, Phillip Hammond, and British Minister for the Armed Forces, Mark Francois, visited Ebola treatment facilities in Sierra Leone on Wednesday.
Hammond met Sierra Leonean health workers and British armed forces...
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WHO says number of new Ebola cases could reach 10,000 per week by December
The number of new Ebola cases could be "anywhere between 5,000 and 10,000 cases per week in December," a spokesperson for the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday.
Tarik Jasarevic told AP that this was "not something we want to...
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Sierra Leone - Leaders To Meet For Talks
Sierra Leone's military government and the rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) will hold their first meeting in Ivory Coast on February 28, the Ivorian foreign ministry announced Monday. The aim of the talks, in which Ivorian...