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POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: All Remaining Hostages Set Free By Rebels
The last group of 37 hostages, including UN military observers, captured by a rebel group in Sierra Leone last week, have been released.POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: UN Hostages ‘To Be Freed Soon’
Rebels holding a group of UN military observers in Sierra Leone have promised to set them free soon, according to Sierra Leone's information minister Julius Spencer.RIGHTS-SIERRA LEONE: Government Disturbed Over Unicef Report
Sierra Leone's President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah has expressed concern about last week's UN report, which revealed a catalogue of horrifying cases of abuse against children, and diseases, in the strife-torn West African country.RIGHTS-SIERRA LEONE: Government Disturbed Over Unicef Report
Sierra Leone's President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah has expressed concern about last week's UN report, which revealed a catalogue of horrifying cases of abuse against children, and diseases, in the strife-torn West African country.POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: Cease-fire Violations Threaten Peace Deal
Renewed fighting between the pro- government "Kamajor" militia forces and the former rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) may threaten a peace deal signed last month in Lome, Togo, to end Sierra Leone's eight years of civil war.RIGHTS-SIERRA LEONE: Rebels Release 111 Children
Rebels in Sierra Leone have released 187 persons, among them 111 children between the ages of 11 and 17, they abducted in January.POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: EX-Rebel Soldiers Emerge From The Bush
Barely two weeks after the signing of the Sierra Leonean peace accord in Lome, Togo, former rebel soldiers have been pouring into the capital, Freetown, ahead of the official decommisioning and reintegration of ex-combatants, due to start next month.RIGHTS-SIERRA LEONE: Gov’t Urged To Prosecute War Criminals
Barely a week after the signing of a peace accord in the Togolese capital of Lome, rights groups have urged the government to prosecute those who committed atrocities during Sierra Leone's eight years of bloody civil war.POLITICS: Anan Appeals To Sierra Leoneans To Back Peace Effort
UN Secretary-General, Kofi Anan, ended a one-day visit to Sierra Leone this week, urging the people of Sierra Leone to support the government of President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, in its quest, to end the conflict in the West African country.POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: Peace Deal Signed To End Civil War
After nearly a month of negotiations between the government of President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah and the rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in the West African state of Togo, a peace deal to end the conflict in Sierra Leone, has finally been struck.RIGHTS-SIERRA LEONE: Mary Robinson’s Visit Highlights Abuses
The images of amputees shown on the television screens around the world following a visit to Sierra Leone by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, reflect the magnitude of rights abuses in the west African country.POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: Libya Offers To Mediate In Conflict
Libya has offered to mediate in the conflict in Sierra Leone where more than 30,000 people have died since 1991.ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT – DRAMA-SIERRA LEONE: A Popular TV Show Eases The Pains Of War
A popular weekend television show, which has taken Sierra Leone by storm, is helping viewers to ease the pains of war.HEALTH-SIERRA LEONE: Up To 200,000 People Need Psychiatric Care
Up to 200,000 people, traumatised by Sierra Leone's civil war, need psychiatric care, says the country's only psychiatrist, Dr. Edward Nahim.MEDIA-SIERRA LEONE: A Cache of Arms Seized, Journalists Detained
Six people, including four journalists, have been detained, after arms and ammunition were 'discovered' in the offices of a local newspaper in the Sierra Leonean capital of Freetown, following a search operation.ENVIRONMENT-SIERRA LEONE: Alarm Raised Over Deforestation
Sierra Leonean environmentalists have expressed concern about the rapid decline in their country's forest reserves.SIERRA LEONE: Diamond Mining Towns Recaptured by Gov’t Troops
Sierra Leonean troops, backed by the West African Peacekeeping force ECOMOG, have recaptured the diamond-rich towns of Tongo and Koidu, according to military and civilian sources in the capital Freetown.POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: Will Obasanjo Pull Out Nigerian Troops ?
There are fears in Sierra Leone that President Olusegun Obasanjo, who was sworn-in Saturday, may withdraw all Nigerian troops from the strife-torn west African country to fulfill an election pledge.POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: Cease-fire Agreement Fails
The recent cease-fire agreement between the Sierra Leone government and the rebels has already fallen apart with reports of fighting in the north of the West African nation.POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: Ceasefire Agreement Signed To End Conflict
Sierra Leone's belligerents have signed a ceasefire agreement to end the country's eight-year civil war.MEDIA-SIERRA LEONE: New Regulation Angers Journalists
Sierra Leone's government has promulgated new regulations for media practitioners, which has brought it on collision course with journalists, especially those from the private press.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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