From Grand Kru to Lofa County from Nimba to Grand Bassa normality of sorts has returned.

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The problem as he describes it lies with a branch of Unite called the British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association (BASSA), which looks exclusively after BA cabin crew.

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However, Azar Jammine, chief economist at the Econometrix consultancy in Johannesburg, points out that South Africa also imports electricity from the huge Cahora Bassa dam in Mozambique.

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Two huge hydro-electric power schemes, on Lake Cahora Bassa in Mozambique and in the Lesotho mountains, which will zap electricity across the region, are also being built.

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The LFA recently rejected Weah's appointment as president of local club Bassa Defenders on the grounds that he was not elected in accordance with the LFA's statutory guidelines.

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To Bassa, we are still in the 1970s: British Airways is nationalised, facing little competition and ever ready to do a cosy deal with the unions knowing the taxpayer will pick up the tab.

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