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Sierra Leone - US Marines Airlift Liberian Warlord
Street battles broke out in Liberia on Sunday (5/5), two days
after US Marines airlifted Liberian warlord Roosevelt Johnson to
Ghana for peace talks.
The upcoming Ghana talks, aimed at ending the six-year-old war,
are being seen as the...
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President says more work needs to be done in global fight against Ebola
US President Barack Obama says that more work needs to be done in the global fight against Ebola, saying until the last case is "snuffed" out in West Africa, "there's always the prospect and in fact likelihood that it spreads and could...
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CUTS 20 3 81 PRESIDENT OF SIERRA LEONE AND O.A.U. IN SALISBURY FOR CONFERENCE
Siaka Stevens, President of Sierra Leone and Chairman of the Organisation of African Unitry (OAU) arrives in Salisbury for a meeting of the OAU. (cuts for z058448)
1. ws Salisbury Airport
2. vs sign on building 'Welcome To Zimbabwe'
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WRAP Ex Liberian President appears at war crimes tribunal, adds security
1. Wide of large television screen broadcasting judge and panel on the trial of Charles Taylor, at the UN compound in Freetown
2. Wide of large television screen broadcasting Charles Taylor at trial with security guard next to him
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Ebola case transferred from Sierra Leone to Frankfurt
A Ugandan doctor suspected of having contracted Ebola is receiving treatment in Germany, said German Health Minister Stefan Gruettner on Friday.
During a news conference in Frankfurt, Gruettner said the doctor worked for an Italian...
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SIERRA LEONE: FOREIGN NATIONALS CONTINUE TO BE EVACUATED
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These foreigners spent long hours outside the beachfront Cape Sierra Hotel in Freetown.
They were waiting for ships to ferry them to neighbouring Guinea or Liberia.
Foreign nationals are about the only people in Sierra Leone...
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SIERRA LEONE: FREETOWN: LATEST SITUATION ON RECENT COUP
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One of the leaders of the recent coup in Sierra Leone says his forces are not strong enough to repel Nigerian troops who are seeking to return President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah to power.
Brigadier Samuel Koroma, brother of the...
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Senegal/Germany - Evacuation From Liberia
Scores of Americans evacuated from strife-torn Liberia began arriving in Senegal on Wednesday (10/4) enroute to the United States, Canada, France and Canada. After four days of hiding from factional fighting in Liberia, they were...
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Guinea - Foreigners flee Sierra Leone
Foreigners fleeing the strife and violence in Sierra Leone continued to stream into Conakry, Guinea on Monday (02/06). More than 700 evacuees, mainly women and children, and people requiring medical assistance, arrived in the early...
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US Sec of State comment on former Liberia president Charles Taylor
1. Wide shot of floor of Senate Judiciary
2. SOUNDBITE (English): Condoleezza Rice, US Secretary of State:
"I certainly believe that the Nigerian government has a responsibility to transfer Charles Taylor safely through Liberian custody...
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SIERRA LEONE: BO: MAJOR DIAMOND CENTRE
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan has hinted that the hostage-taking by Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (R-U-F) could cost leader Foday Sankoh his ministerial post.
He said the rebels must not be allowed to exploit the...
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SIERRA LEONE: SOLDIERS ESCAPE
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A British Royal Marines officer has told how he and two other British soldiers, together with a New Zealander, made a daring escape from rebel forces in Sierra Leone.
The unarmed group escaped from a compound near Makeni...
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Guinean health ministry says number of Ebola cases declining in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia
The Ebola coordinator at the Guinean health ministry confirmed on Tuesday that the number of new cases of Ebola are declining in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
"The figures are declining because the number of confirmed cases that we...
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Family facing extra hardship during three-day lockdown to slow spread of Ebola
Freetown residents remained in lockdown on Saturday as part of a massive effort to confine six (m) million people to their homes in a bid to stem the biggest Ebola outbreak in history.
Coordinators say that residents of Sierra Leone's...
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USA: WASHINGTON: REPORT OF FINAL EVACUATION OF SIERRA LEONE
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U-S Marines have completed the last helicopter evacuation of foreigners from Freetown, the embattled capital of Sierra Leone.
Fierce fighting forced civilians to flee from one shelter to another as they awaited rescue.
Red...
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SIERRA LEONE: PEACEKEEPING TROOPS
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UN officials have welcomed the apparent release of 139 peacekeeping troops in Sierra Leone.
The organisation's spokesman, David Wimhurst, claimed it was "the beginning of the end" in the standoff between the UN and the RUF....
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UK: LONDON: UN SECRETARY GENERAL KOFI ANNAN VISIT
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The United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, has said that military intervention in Sierra Leone would be considered -- but only as a last resort.
The U-N Secretary General made his comments in London while on a brief...
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SIERRA LEONE: FREETOWN: SITUATION UPDATE
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Sierra Leone's coup leaders on Saturday warned Nigeria, west Africa's regional power broker, it would have to retake the country by force.
But a spokesman for the rebels also said they were prepared to enter negotiations to...
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Taylor seeks to postpone Campbell 'rough diamond' testimony
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FILE: London, 18 February 2010
1. Medium shot Naomi Campbell backstage
2. Various of Naomi Campbell on runway
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Meeting with West African leaders at the White House, President Barack Obama said the world has made "major progress" on Ebola, but the virus is unpredictable and the international community must remain vigilant until there are no cases left. (April 15)
SHOTLIST:AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLYWashington, DC - 15 April 20151. Mid shot of President Obama meeting with the presidents of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone2. SOUNDBITE: (English) Barack Obama, U.S. President"Last week, there...
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Sierra Leone, is preparing for a sharp increase in the number of Ebola cases over the holiday period.
Sierra Leone, is preparing for a sharp increase in the number of Ebola cases over the holiday period.
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Young ballet dancer puts traumatic past in Sierra Leone behind her to dance for South African audiences
17-year-old Michaela DePrince is busy rehearsing for her first full-length ballet performance, as one of the primary dancers.
She is set to perform "Le Corsaire" with the South African Ballet Theatre in Johannesburg.
But DePrince's path...
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Aftermath of looting in Liberia, comment from officials in Guinea and Sierra Leone
Sanitary measures had been taken in Guinea, at the borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone, to prevent people infected with the Ebola virus from entering or leaving the country, the government's spokesman said on Monday.
"We have more...
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SIERRA LEONE: TENSIONS MOUNTING IN CAPITAL FREETOWN
Freetown, Sierra Leone - January 9, 1999
1. Smoke rising from shelled rebel position to south of Freetown - 2 shots
2. Government soldiers behind barricade
3. Soldier with rifle
4. Soldier shouting down road
5. Group of soldiers behind...