Sierra Leone News: 62,000 child deaths in Sierra Leone due to lack of toilets
Some 36 prominent international health and development experts including WaterAid, AMREF Health Africa, the World Medical Association and others have called for an end to a crisis that has claimed the...
View ArticleDeath penalty will not reform disenfranchised youths in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 September 2016 As the government of Sierra Leone prepares to resume the death penalty, despite recent commitment to abide by United Nations’ and other global human rights...
View ArticleSoldiers fly out from Northern Ireland base to aid Ebola fight in Sierra Leone
Soldiers based in Northern Ireland are to be deployed to Sierra Leone on a humanitarian mission to combat the Ebola outbreak. Around 40 troops have already arrived in the West African country, a...
View ArticleA Vrba Message: Jews, Ebola and Two Holocausts
by Morris Samuels There is growing concern about the multiple connections between Ebola and a US bioweapons lab at the epicenter of the outbreak in Sierre Leone. The organizations associated with the...
View ArticleGhosts of war haunt an Ebola graveyard in Sierra Leone
To find Andrew Kondoh, walk through the gates of this city's largest cemetery, where teams in moonsuits bury more than 50 bodies in white plastic bags each day. Look for the man with the wispy goatee...
View ArticleSharing the blame for the increase in child abuse in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone has a long way to go before it can guarantee the full enjoyment of the rights of the child. There are still many challenges that require timely attention, from both state and non-state...
View ArticleSierra Leone News : Zainab Bangura Wins Hillary Clinton Award
One of Sierra Leones most outstanding women of her generation Haja Dr. Zainab Hawa Bangura has once again brought laurels to herself, her family and her Nation by being named the winner of the...
View ArticleCOMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD REVIEWS THE REPORT OF SIERRA LEONE (UNOG...
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 15 September 2016 The Committee on the Rights of the Child today concluded its consideration of the combined third to fifth periodic report of Sierra...
View ArticlePresidential Address Delivered By His Excellency the President Dr Ernest Bai...
(Source: Republic of Sierra Leone State House) MR. SPEAKER, MR. VICE PRESIDENT, MY LADY THE CHIEF JUSTICE, MINISTERS OF GOVERNMENT, HONOURABLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT, EXCELLENCIES, MEMBERS OF THE...
View ArticleThe forgotten child prisoners of Sierra Leone
Sorie's* last day of freedom was a few weeks before his 14th birthday, when the well-to-do father of a girl he liked got word that his daughter had been hanging around with a street boy. The girl's...
View ArticleHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ADOPTS OUTCOMES OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF SIERRA...
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) Concludes General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms 24 June 2016 The Human Rights Council this afternoon adopted the outcomes of the...
View ArticleNews24.com | Ex-child soldier from Sierra Leone freed in Minnesota
A former child-soldier from Sierra Leone has been released after more than two years of immigration detention in Minnesota. ......
View ArticleBorderers make Sierra Leone tribute to Galashiels soldier
Members of the Royal Scots Borderers have paid their respects to a Galashiels soldier who died in Sierra Leone more than 70 years ago. Lance Serjeant Frederick Robertson is buried in King Tom Cemetery...
View ArticleUK firm 'employed former child soldiers' as mercenaries in Iraq
Former director acknowledges Aegis Defence Services may have recruited former child fighters in Sierra Leone...
View ArticleSierra Leone News: Special Court re-arrests CDF Director of War
The President Justice Philip N. Waki of the UN backed Special War Crimes Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Wednesday 9th March ordered the arrest and detention of former Civil Defence Force Coordinator...
View ArticleSierra Leone News : Sierra Leone needs a Credible Data to reduce Maternal...
Friday 05 August 2016: The World Health Organization Country Representative, Dr. Anders Nordstrom has averred that Sierra Leone needs credible data in the fight to reduce maternal and child morbidity...
View ArticleNews24.com | Sierra Leone frees 13 on mutiny charge
A court-martial in Sierra Leone has found 13 soldiers not guilty on charges of mutiny and plotting to overthrow the government.......
View ArticleNews24.com | I'm not in danger, says embattled Sierra Leone VP
Sierra Leone's vice-president has appeared in public for the first time since his residence was stormed by soldiers, insisting that he is not in danger and suggesting that he has not been in hiding....
View ArticleNews24.com | Sierra Leone guarantees safety of VP in hiding
Sierra Leone has vowed to ensure the safety of its vice-president, who went into hiding after soldiers stormed his residence....
View ArticleNews24.com | Sierra Leone's VP asks US for asylum
Sierra Leone's vice president has sought asylum on the United States, saying he no longer felt safe in the country after soldiers disarmed the security team at his residence....
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