Ebola lockdown in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone will impose a three-day “lockdown” later this month to try to tackle the ebola virus, which has claimed 491 lives in the west African state.
From September 19-21 residents will not be allowed to leave their homes to prevent the disease spreading.
Officials said more than 20,000 people would be deployed to make sure people stayed indoors.
“We don’t expect them to refuse,” said a health ministry spokesman. “You follow or else you’ll be breaking the law. If you disobey then you are disobeying the president.”
Fifa man arrested over corruption
One of the eight members of FIFA’s financial watchdog has been arrested by police on suspicion of corruption and money-laundering.
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Canover Watson, a businessman from the Cayman Islands and vice-president of the Caribbean Football Union, has denied the allegations.
Cars burn ahead of Swedish poll
At least 20 cars were set on fire early yesterday in the Rinkeby suburb of Stockholm, which has Sweden’s highest jobless rate, days before a general election in which unemployment and the country’s open-door asylum policy are big issues. No one was arrested.