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Liberia’s civil war refugees left destitute after decades-old Ghana camp demolished

Liberia’s civil war refugees left destitute after decades-old Ghana camp demolished

SITTING on a tattered mattress amongst the rubble of his former home, Wendell Elijah Mallobe is one of 15,000 Liberian refugees left destitute after authorities in Ghana demolished the camp where he has lived for more than 30 years. "I don't know anybody in Liberia. Nobody. They burnt the village I was living in," said 55-year-old Mallobe, who arrived in the camp in 1990, after fleeing Liberia's civil war. "My bed, television, clothes - everything I have worked for is gone." More than 200,000 people were killed and thousands more were mutilated and raped in brutal civil wars in Liberia…
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Pope’s Africa Visit: Police demolish trader stalls

Pope’s Africa Visit: Police demolish trader stalls

BEFORE dawn, sanitary police armed with crowbars and a bulldozer set about demolishing makeshift trader stalls crowding downtown streets in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo ahead of a four-day visit by Pope Francis starting January 31. Officials say Kinshasa, a vast impoverished city of 17 million people, is getting a facelift not just to honour the pope but to make its streets and pavements more tidy and orderly even after he's gone home. But evicted small traders protest that their livelihoods are being destroyed in the process. "The clean-up we are doing just now is not only because…
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Collapsed Florida condo demolished ahead of storm, search to resume

Collapsed Florida condo demolished ahead of storm, search to resume

FRANCISCO ALVARADO  THE partially collapsed Miami-area condo where 24 people are confirmed dead was demolished, ahead of the possible arrival of Tropical Storm Elsa. Search-and-rescue efforts for 121 people missing have been suspended. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told reporters earlier on Sunday that rescue efforts would resume after the demolition, noting it was 11 days since the collapse. Video footage showed the 12-story building collapsing downward and throwing up plumes of smoke. As of Sunday afternoon, Tropical Storm Elsa was off the coast of Cuba with winds of 60 miles per hour (95 kph). After moving across Cuba…
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