A STATE OF EMERGENCY HAS BEEN DECLARED IN LIBERIA AMID FEARS THAT AN A...

World | February 9, 2002, Saturday // 00:00

A state of emergency has been declared in Liberia amid fears that an armed rebellion is close to the capital city. The government said its forces had driven rebels from Kley junction, just 22 miles from the capital, the to Monrovia they have come to the city since the West African country's latest war erupted in mid-2000. The state of emergency was called by Liberian President Charles Taylor, who came to power in elections following a civil war in 1997.

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