US threatens Liberia with sanctions
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US threatens Liberia with sanctions |
| The United States has threatened sanctions against Liberia and Burkina Faso if they don not end their involvement in illegal diamond and arms trafficking, which Washington says are fuelling the civil war in Sierra Leone. Britain has also threatened measures against Liberia. The BBC's Linda Duffin reports. |
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The BBC's Mark Devenport: "This war of words is likely to go on" |
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Liberian Foreign Minister, Monie Captan: "Liberia is being used as a scapegoat" |
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