At least 3 killed in clashes in Liberia

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Monrovia - At least three people have been killed and seven wounded in clashes between rebels and government troops and militiamen as United Nations peacekeepers began taking over from African soldiers in Liberia, wracked by 14 years of war.

Meanwhile the special UN envoy appealed to the international community for 280 million dollars (about R1 928-million) to help reconstruct the west African state.

Heavy fighting broke out in the capital Monrovia after a convoy escorting a rebel leader came under attack in an eastern district of the city, witnesses said.

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1. Liberians flee to Guinea - News24

Conakry - Nearly 4 500 people fleeing famine and violence in war-wracked Liberia have poured into southern Guinea in the past couple of weeks, a source close to Guinean security forces patrolling the border region told AFP on Thursday.

The refugees - 4 263 Liberians and 231 Ivorians - were picked up by Guinean security forces near the country's southern border and handed over to the UN refugee agency in the west African country, the source said.

In just four days last month, more than 1 700 people, mostly women and children, crossed from Liberia into Guinea near the southeastern towns of Fansakoni and Bossou, the source said.

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