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Sierra Leone hopes cricket can help heal war wounds

By Nina de Vries FREETOWN, Feb 1 (Reuters) - It has no fence around it or any grass on its pitch but the Kingtom Oval cricket ground represents for many inhabitants of Sierra Leone's capital Freetown a reminder of happier times before the West African country's brutal civil war. The only cricket ground to have survived the 11-year conflict, which killed some 50,000 people and devastated the impoverished country's infrastructure, the Oval is now the focus of an attempt to revive the sport.

Sierra Leone rations fuel as shortage bites

By Tommy Trenchard FREETOWN, 8 Jan (Reuters) - Scuffles broke out at service stations in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown on Tuesday after the government restricted fuel deliveries to deal with a shortage threatening to bring the West African nation to a halt. Trade Minister Richard Conteh blamed the scarcity of fuel on an unexpected halt to shipments from the country's main fuel suppliers in Ivory Coast and Benin.
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