U.N. Imposes Trade, Travel Sanctions
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Responding to an appeal by West Africans, the U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions on Sierra Leone to pressure the military junta to restore the civilian government it ousted in May. The sanctions require all U.N. member states to bar junta leaders and their families from their territory. The sanctions also impose an oil and arms embargo on the West African nation.
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