Emergency threat in Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone's president warns he will impose a state of emergency if election violence does not stop.
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Senior African Union officials will meet on Saturday for emergency talks on the conflict that has reignited in Ivory Coast, threatening to undermine efforts to restore peace in neighbouring countries, an official said.
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Anambra state in Nigeria is tense after gangs set fire to the governor's office and other buildings, local officials say.
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Police step up their presence in worst-hit areas and threaten to bring the 'might of the law' down on thieves.
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UNITED NATIONS - The government of Rwanda is warning of an imminent attack against Rwandan Hutu rebels who have moved into eastern Congo.
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BAGHDAD, Nov 7  - Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Sunday declared a state of emergency in Iraq to combat spiralling violence as 21 police officers were shot dead execution-style in a dawn ambush on their stations.
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A Red Crescent convoy of emergency supplies has entered Fallujah amid fears of a growing humanitarian crisis in the Iraqi battle zone as a massive US led offensive against rebels entered its sixth day.
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Sierra Leone's presidential rivals agree not to use vigilantes as they urge an end to violent clashes.
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Hundreds of frightened Europeans continued fleeing Ivory Coast on Saturday as an emergency summit on the violence-torn west African country was set to open in Nigeria.
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Â· No plans for state of emergency, Guardian told Â· President's woes grow as exiled rival plans return
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Dozens of people were wounded in clashes between supporters of rival political parties in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on Saturday ahead of next weekend's presidential runoff in the war-battered African state.
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The Iraqi Red Crescent Society sounded an alarm over what they described as a humanitarian crisis in the Iraqi town of Fallujah after days of fierce street battles between US-led forces and Iraqi fighters.
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At least 17 people die in a huge blast in the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, a top official says.
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The Iraqi Red Crescent and Red Cross say they are increasingly worried about civilians trapped in the city of Fallujah. The relief workers say no drinking water or electricity is available, food is running
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Flooding in central Mozambique threatens some 285,000 people, an official has said, warning that the next three weeks would be critical as a UN agency made a plea for international aid.
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LONDON, Aug 28 (IPS) - A new push to reproductive health services planned   at a London conference next week will have to work in Sierra  Leone if  anywhere.
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Aid workers warned Saturday of a humanitarian catastrophe if the United Nations and Red Cross pull out of Sri Lanka, where agency staff are facing mounting restrictions and threats to their safety amid a worsening civil conflict.