The neighbours are unstable

Liberia's troubles affect its whole region. During the civil war, Liberian mercenaries joined the fight in Sierra Leone and Côte d'Ivoire. President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is now warning ex-fighters not to enter Guinea, for fear that the unrest there might spill over the border, which runs 563 kilometres through wild country.

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Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Guinea, Asha Conneh, Lansana Conté, Nigeria, Mali, Ghana

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