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Guinean troops trigger panic in renewed Sierra Leone border standoff

Guinean soldiers patrol the streets of Conakry. The ongoing presence of Guinean troops on the border with Sierra Leone has triggered repeated standoffs. AFP

A long-running border dispute between Sierra Leone and Guinea has flared again, after a military incident forced villagers to flee and reignited diplomatic tensions between the two West African neighbours.

On 28 April, Guinean soldiers fired three shots in the air as they attempted to enter the village of Sokoma, near Yenga – a mineral-rich settlement that has been contested for more than two decades.

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