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Taylor advises British nationals to leave certain regions

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    President Charles Taylor has advised British nationals and NGOs to stop working in certain regions of Liberia because of “some anti-British sentiments being harboured by some individuals”, PANA reported him as saying on Wednesday. Taylor did not say why such sentiments were being expressed but it is believed that it could be linked to a recent suspension of just over US $50 million in EU development aid to Liberia. Britain had proposed such a suspension to EU foreign ministers because of Liberia’s close links with the Revolutionary United Front in Sierra Leone. British nationals and NGOs are no longer advised to operate in lower Lofa and Grand Cape Mount counties which border Sierra Leone, and the adjacent Bomi County, PANA reported on Wednesday.

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