HUMAN RIGHTS-SIERRA LEONE: POLITICAL GROUP CRIES HARASSMENT

THE PAN AFRICAN UNION (PANAFU), A POLITICAL GROUPING, IS ACCUSING THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF CAPT. VALENTINE STRASSER OF A DELIBERATE CAMPAIGN OF HARASSMENT DESIGNED TO SILENCE THE ORGANISATION, WHICH IS CRITICAL OF CONTINUED ARMY RULE.

SIERRA LEONE-EDUCATION: GHOST CAMPUS REMAINS DESERTED

EVERY MORNING, VAFIE KONNEH WANDERS AIMLESSLY ON THE STREETS OF THE SIERRA LEONEAN CAPITAL. HE SAYS HE HAS NOTHING TO DO SINCE HIS UNIVERSITY CAMPUS WAS RAIDED BY A BAND OF 50 REBELS MID-JANUARY.

SIERRA LEONE-POLITICS: LESS FOOD TO GO AROUND

THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE FORCED BY REBEL ATTACKS TO FLEE THEIR HOMES HAVE FLOCKED TO THIS NORTHERN TOWN, PLACING A HEAVY STRAIN ON FOOD SUPPLIES AS WELL AS MEDICAL AND OTHER SOCIAL SERVICES, RELIEF OFFICIALS HERE SAY.

SIERRA LEONE-EDUCATION: GHOST CAMPUS REMAINS BARE

EVERY MORNING, VAFIE KONNEH WANDERS AIMLESSLY ON THE STREETS OF THE SIERRA LEONEAN CAPITAL. HE SAYS HE HAS NOTHING TO DO SINCE HIS UNIVERSITY CAMPUS WAS RAIDED BY A BAND OF 50 REBELS MID-JANUARY.

SIERRA LEONE-POLITICS: WAR CONTINUES SAYS REBEL BOSS/EXCLUSIVE/

REBEL LEADER FODAY SANKOH OFFERED LITTLE HOPE FRIDAY FOR A SPEEDY RESOLUTION OF SIERRA LEONE'S INCREASINGLY VIOLENT FOUR-YEAR-OLD CIVIL WAR.

SIERRA LEONE-OUTLOOK: DIM ECONOMIC PROSPECTS AS WAR DRAGS ON

PROSPECTS FOR AN EARLY TRANSITION TO CIVILIAN RULE APPEAR DIM AS SIERRA LEONE'S FOUR MILLION PEOPLE BRACE THEMSELVES FOR THE CONTINUATION OF A FOUR-YEAR OLD REBEL WAR AND ECONOMIC WOES.

SIERRA LEONE-POLITICS: LITTLE HOPE TO END CIVIL WAR

THERE APPEARS TO BE LITTLE HOPE TO END SIERRA LEONE'S CIVIL WAR WHICH HAS CLAIMED THOUSANDS OF LIVES SINCE IT ERUPTED THREE YEARS AGO.

SIERRA LEONE-CHRISTMAS: BAD NEWS FOR BEER DRINKERS

SIERRA LEONEANS WILL HAVE TO CUT DOWN ON THEIR BEER GUZZLING THIS FESTIVE SEASON -- OR RISK GETTING ARRESTED.

SIERRA LEONE-POLITICS: OLIVE BRANCHES BEGIN TO FLY

PEACE OVERTURES FROM SIERRA LEONE'S MILITARY GOVERNMENT AND REBEL LEADERS HAVE RAISED HOPES OF WAR- WEARY CITIZENS THAT A CEASEFIRE COULD BE ANNOUNCED SOON.

SIERRA LEONE-POLITICS: Rebels on the Rebound

For weeks you hear little about the group of rebels who, in 1991, began an armed struggle which they hope will propel them to power.

SIERRA LEONE-POLITICS: ALLEGED COUP PLOTTERS FREED

FOUR BRITISH CITIZENS ACCUSED OF PLOTTING TO OVERTHROW THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF CAPT VALENTINE STRASSER WERE FREED MONDAY, AFTER A YEAR OF STANDING TRIAL.