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DEVELOPMENT-SIERRA LEONE: Libya Lends Helping Hand
Libya has agreed to lend a helping hand to Sierra Leone where an ongoing conflict with rebel forces has caused a major shortage of nearly all commodities throughout the country.REFUGEES-SIERRA LEONE: Death Stalks Displaced Camps
More than 700 displaced persons, mostly women and children, have died in the past two months, at the Masingbi displaced camp, about 260 kilometres north of here, aid workers say.MEDIA-SIERRA LEONE: New Rules Introduced, Journalists Detained
Sierra Leone's civilian government this week imposed new press regulations that prevent journalists from publishing any story "that is likekly to cause public alarm or despondency", and rounded up several journalists from independent newspapers.RIGHTS-SIERRA LEONE: ICC Long Overdue
While delegates in Rome continue the debate on the proposed International Criminal Court (ICC), Sierra Leoneans have given their nod of approval for a place where war criminals can be tried.CHILDREN-SIERRA LEONE: Militia Admits Recruiting Child Soldiers
Sierra Leone's pro-government militia, popularly known as the Kamajor, has admitted to recruiting thousands of children into its ranks to fight the remnants of the ousted military junta.POLITICS-LIBERIA: Taylor Fears Rebel Invasion
Rumours of planned rebel attacks on Liberia to unseat the government of President Charles Taylor have forced the leadership in that country to tighten its borders with neighbouring Sierra Leone.MUSIC-SIERRA LEONE: Gone But Not Forgotten
Music fans have been mourning the death this month of Onike MaCauley a pioneer female singer in Sierra Leone who became a symbol for feminine action.HABITAT-SIERRA LEONE: Moving From Bad To Worse
Thousands of squatters in the Sierra Leonean capital have been moved to a former camp for the displaced under what the squatters describe as the government's "wicked" resettlement programme.POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: What Should A New Army Look Like?
President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah's invitation to Sierra Leoneans to write to him directly with suggestions on how to form a national army has opened the door for a heated debate in this West African nation.POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: Rebels Snub Government’s Amnesty Offer
An unconditional amnesty offered by the Sierra Leone government to remnants of the deposed military junta has been rebuffed by the rebels who have carried out a series of new attacks against civilians in the North.CHILDREN-SIERRA LEONE: A Race Against Time to Save Young Refugees
More than 150 Sierra Leonean children under the age of five died in the month of May in various refugee camps in neighbouring Guinea, according to an official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).CHILDREN-SIERRA LEONE: Years of War Leave Many Scars
When a high-powered United Nations delegation came to Sierra Leone this week to collect first-hand information on the socio-economic situation, their first port of call was a series of interviews with children.WEST AFRICA: Guinea Guards itself Against Turbulent Neighbours
Guinea has stepped up security along its porous border with Liberia and Sierra Leone in an attempt to ward off any attacks by rebels and dissidents based in the two countries.SIERRA LEONE-LIBERIA: Time For Mending the Fences
Liberia, accused of permitting Sierra Leonean dissidents to cross into their country and stage attacks there, is now trying to improve its tense relations with its neighbour.SIERRA LEONE-BRITAIN: Details Emerge Over Arms And Mercenary Deal
Details are slowly emerging here about a controversial operation involving the use of British arms and mercenaries to restore President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah to power in Sierra Leone.POPULATION-SIERRA LEONE: People Flee to Guinea to Escape Rebels
Hundreds of thousands of Sierra Leone residents in the east of the country are reportedly on the run into neighbouring Guinea to escape fighting between rebels of the ousted military junta and the West African Peacekeeping troops (ECOMOG).ECONOMY-SIERRA LEONE: Donors Come To Town
Several large donor missions and assessment teams are currently in Sierra Leone to see how the international community can help the returned civilian government of President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah rebuild the war-torn country.POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: ECOMOG Searches For Arms in the Capital
A search for arms, ammunitions and explosives by the West African Peacekeeping Force (ECOMOG) in the Sierra Leone capital city of Freetown has caused a wave of panic among the population of a little over a million.POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: Rebels Attack Cattle Farmers in the North
While the West African Peacekeeping Force (ECOMOG) has managed to contain rebel attacks on villagers in eastern Sierra Leone, cattle farmers in the northern part of the country have not been so lucky.POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: Liberian Mercenaries Support Ousted AFRC
Liberian mercenaries captured by the West African Peacekeeping Force (ECOMOG) have provided further evidence of Liberian support to remnants of the ousted military junta of Major Johnny Paul Koroma.ENVIRONMENT-SIERRA LEONE: Government Threatens to Tear Down Shacks //REPEATING//
The migration of thousands of Sierra Leoneans to the capital of Freetown during the six-year civil war is beginning to take an environmental toll on the city, environmental experts say.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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