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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Political violence erupting in Haiti&#39;s capital threatened urgently needed food delivery Tuesday, and aid officials warned that more than half the 250,000 people in the
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UK troops are to evacuate British citizens from the trouble-hit west African state of Ivory Coast.
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Authorities in Sierra Leone's capital assumed official responsibility for security Thursday from the dwindling U.N. peacekeeping force that helped end the country's civil war two years ago.
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Campaigning began in Sierra Leone on Saturday for a presidential election run-off on September 8 between main opposition leader Ernest Bai Koroma and Solomon Berewa of the ruling Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP).
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AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Scheda del Paese Roma (Agenzia Fides)- La Sierra Leone ha unÂestensione di 71.740 km2 e confina ad ovest con lÂOceano Atlantico, a nord-ovest con la Guinea e a sud-est con Liberia. La popolazione conta 5 milioni 700mila abitanti. Storia. Nel 1462 lÂesploratore porto...
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Taxi drivers in Sierra Leone went on strike on Monday, bringing the capital to a standstill after police jailed 100 of their colleagues for driving with bald tyres, broken lights or without a valid licence.
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AN advance guard of British troops was in war-torn Ivory Coast yesterday planning a rescue mission. Four vehicles carrying a dozen soldiers were spotted in the capital Abidjan as up to 120 troops were put on stand-by to fly to the former French colony.
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Dozens of people were wounded in street battles between supporters of rival political parties in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on Saturday ahead of next weekend's presidential runoff.
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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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Survivors of the storm that ravaged Haiti face a new menace as contaminated water, putrefying bodies and devastated sanitary systems threaten an outbreak of waterborne diseases such as malaria and tetanus, aid workers warned yesterday.
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President Lansana Conte declared a state of emergency in Guinea on Monday, saying he had ordered the army to "take all necessary measures" to restore order after three days of violent protests. At least 27 people have been killed.
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The United Nations warns of food shortages. Hospitals refuse all non-emergency care to avoid running out of medicine. Power outages are widespread, and a lack of fuel for generators threatens water supplies.
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Residents of a County Antrim estate call for increased security following a loyalist bomb threat.
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Â· Citizens lives being put at risk, claims agency headÂ· Minister calls on public to inform on suspects
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Watford footballer Al Bangura has made a direct appeal to Home Secretary Jacqui Smith to overturn a decision to deport him to his native Sierra Leone, where he says his life is at risk.
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Sierra Leone counted votes on Sunday from a tense presidential run-off which went peacefully despite fears of violence, but both sides accused the other of fraud and intimidation, and observers reported ballot stuffing.