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A local market in Freetown, Sierra Leone, is deserted as the government enforces a three day lockdown on movement of all people in a attempt to fight the Ebola virus on September 19, 2014. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 19, 2014 | World
Freetown, Reuters—Sierra Leone began a three-day lockdown on Friday in an effort to halt the spread of the Ebola virus, as President Ernest Bai Koroma urged residents to comply with the emergency measures. Streets in the normally bustling seaside capital Freetown were...