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ECOWAS to meet on Liberia-Guinea rift

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    Heads of state and government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) meet on Thursday in Abuja, Nigeria, to discuss rising tension between Liberia and Guinea. The summit - at the ECOWAS Executive Secretariat - comes less than a week after Guinea accused the Liberian army of crossing into its territory and killing 28 villagers in the border district of Macenta. Liberia's government has denied attacking Guinea and says it has sent a team of investigators to the border area. The summit is a follow-up to a meeting on 26 August of ECOWAS foreign ministers convened after Liberia accused Guinea of supporting dissidents who launched attacks in the county of Lofa in north-western Liberia on 10 August. The meeting is to be attended by representatives of the governments of Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo.

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