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SIERRA LEONE: GIRL RETURNS HOME AFTER LIFESAVING OPERATION UPDATE
English/Nat
The orphan girl who flew to London for a lifesaving operation to remove a bullet from behind her eye is settling down back home in Sierra Leone.
Five-year old Tenneh Cole was brought to the U-K three weeks ago for surgery...
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In an attempt to halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, Guinea has closed its border with Sierra Leone, leaving many travelers stranded at a makeshift crossing. (Aug. 13)
SOUNDBITE (Fulani) Diallo Saikou Yaya, truck driver: "We have spent four days here, we have suffered a lot since we came here to cross. There is no food."
Guinea-Sierra Leone border - August 12, 2014
1. Various of people, vehicles at...
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Victim of violence during Taylor''s rule reacts to conviction
1. Edward Conteh, President of the Sierra Leone Amputee and War-Wounded Association, giving interview in front of court building
2. Cutaway of court sign
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Edward Conteh, President of the Sierra Leone Amputee and...
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Red Cross team attacked while removing Ebola dead
A Red Cross team was attacked while collecting bodies believed to be infected with Ebola in southeastern Guinea on Tuesday, the latest in a string of assaults that are hindering efforts to control West Africa's current deadly...
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An Atlanta woman is trying to raise awareness about the Ebola outbreak, which is affecting her hometown in Sierra Leone. (Aug. 8)
An Atlanta woman is trying to raise awareness about the Ebola outbreak that is affecting her hometown in Sierra Leone.
Sidiratu Mansaray moved to Atlanta three years ago from Freetown, Sierra Leone. Now that the Ebola virus is ravaging...
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African leaders on Monday are offering Laurent Gbagbo an amnesty deal on condition he cedes the presidency peacefully to the internationally recognized winner of Ivory Coast's elections, an official said Monday.
HEADLINE: Amnesty deal offered to Ivory Coast's Gbagbo
CAPTION: African leaders on Monday are offering Laurent Gbagbo an amnesty deal on condition he cedes the presidency peacefully to the internationally recognized winner of Ivory...
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BELGIUM/UK: HOSTAGES REUNITED WITH FAMILIES
English/Nat
Six British hostages freed by rebels in Sierra Leone have been reunited with their families in Brussels and London Saturday.
Three Swiss and a German were also freed by members of the Revolutionary United Front rebels after...
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UN: KOFI ANNAN'S CONCERNS ON SIERRA LEONE
United Nations, New York - January 12, 1999
1. United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan enters UN building
2. Cutaway of cameraman
3. SOUNDBITE (English): Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General
4. Kofi Annan walks away
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U-N...
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Health minister says Russia taking serious measures to minimise Ebola spread; WHO director general comments
Russian authorities are taking serious measures to minimise the danger of Ebola spreading, Russian Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova said at a news conference on Monday.
Skvortsova said 7, 500 flights in 71 airports across the country...
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President Johnson Sirleaf sets goal to have no new cases of Ebola in the country by the end of the year
Liberia's President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf launched a new campaign 'Ebola Must Go' on Tuesday as she urged her countrymen not to let down their guard against the disease.
As the infection rates stabilised in Liberia, Sirleaf said she...
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Sierra Leone - Coup leader Johnny Koroma
The leaders of last month's coup in Sierra Leone on Saturday
(28/6) denounced calls by West African foreign ministers to
impose sanctions on the country.
On Wednesday (25/6) the leader of the coup, Johnny Koroma, said
he disapproved...
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REAX IN N'LANDS AND SIERRA LEONE AFTER JUDGE SENTENCES TAYLOR TO 50 YRS
International judges sentenced former Liberian President Charles Taylor to 50 years in prison on Wednesday, saying he was responsible for "some of the most heinous and brutal crimes recorded in human history" in return for "blood...
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VICTIMS OF WAR DEMAND TOUGH SENTENCE FOR FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT
Victims of Sierra Leone's civil war are calling for war crimes judges in the Hague to give convicted war criminal and former Liberian President Charles Taylor the stiffest possible sentence.
In a landmark ruling in April, judges at the...
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RR0245/A Sierra Leone: Reconciliation
Freetown and undisclosed locations, Sierra Leone (recent/file): Freetown (recent): classroom; schoolgirl and former rebel fighter Veronica Sumana studying; book to Veronica's face; FILE - undisclosed locations (APTN - 14/11/95)): child...
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Sudan rules itself out of hosting 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
Sudan says it will not host the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations - the continent's largest football tournament.
Rumours are rife that current hosts Morocco will pull-out amid the Ebola epidemic and organisers are looking for a...
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President Barack Obama says there are provisions in the massive spending bill that he doesn't like but says it is "by definition a compromise" and hopes it will pass the Senate. He spoke before receiving an update on the US Ebola response. (Dec. 12)
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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WAfrica delegation tells Gbagbo he must go, Ouattara meeting
1. Motorcade arriving at incumbent Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo's palace
2. Gbagbo greeting Dr. Thomas Yayi Boni, President of Benin
3. Gbagbo greeting Ernest Bai Koroma, President of Sierra Leone
4. Gbagbo greeting Pedro Pires,...
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NHS volunteers travel to Sierra Leone to fight ebola
NHS volunteers travel to Sierra Leone to fight ebola
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Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Visit Commonwealth Games Sites
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip Visit Commonwealth Games Sites
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Philip Hammond visiting Ebola treatment centre
Philip Hammond visiting Ebola treatment centre
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WRAP Ouattara's prime minister Soro on situation ADDS ECOWAS presidents arrive
1. Wide of plane on tarmac
2. Ivory Coast officials waiting to greet presidents
3. Close of incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo's prime minister Gilbert Marie N'gbo Ake (first from left) waiting with other officials
4. President of Benin...
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SIERRA LEONE: REFUGEES
Voice and effects
VOICED BY: Philippa Meagher
Government soldiers in Sierra Leone have been heading to a strategic town east of the capital after rebels forced U-N peacekeepers to abandon it on Tuesday.
The rebels are holding around 500...
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REPLAY Rallies by ruling party and opposition on last days of campaigning
8 August, 2007
1. Wide shot of capital Freetown
2. Wide shot of election rally held by the main opposition All People's Congress Party
3. Leader of All People's Congress party, Ernest Bai Koroma entering stadium on jeep and waving to...