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Government denies ethnic cleansing

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    The Liberian Government has denied reports of ethnic cleansing in Lofa County, located in the northwest of the country, on the border with Guinea and Sierra Leone, Star radio reported.

    Star quoted Deputy Information Minister Milton Teahjay as saying the government was involved in reconciling the ethnic groups in the county.

    Teahjay was reacting to allegations that government was carrying out ethnic cleansing in Lofa, made by opposition politician Alhaji Kromah in a statement faxed to the Liberian media.

    Kromah alleged that government had armed people to persecute others of Muslim background in Lofa, Nimba and other counties. Lofa has been wracked this year by clashes between the mainly Muslim Mandingo community and other ethnic groups.

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