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EU refuses funding for Zanzibar port

Almost 14 years of civil war millions of residents have been forced to flee their homes in Liberia, 9 March 2003. Residents have been displaced by fighting between the government and Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy, a rebel movement. Res IRIN
Almost 14 years of civil war millions of residents have been forced to flee their homes in Liberia, 9 March 2003
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    The EU has decided not to finance rehabilitation work in the port of Zanzibar. An EU statement sent to IRIN said the decision is in line with donor policy to suspend development assistance to Zanzibar because of serious concerns over the failure to reach a political settlement and human right breaches. A western diplomat told IRIN the 15-month imprisonment of 18 opposition politicians without charge, and the stalemate over the Commonwealth’s peace initiative was: “Old water that has never been cleared.”

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