News24.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....
View ArticleNews24.com | Sierra Leone peacekeepers quarantined over Ebola
A battalion of 800 Sierra Leone soldiers awaiting deployment as peacekeepers in Somalia has been placed in quarantine after one of its members tested positive for the deadly Ebola virus, officials say....
View ArticleSierra Leone ex-rebel serving time for war crimes dies
A family member says a former rebel leader serving a 50-year sentence in Rwanda for war crimes committed during Sierra...
View ArticleSierra Leone soldier with Ebola is not peacekeeper
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A Sierra Leone soldier has tested positive for Ebola but he is not a member of, and had no contact with, a battalion of peacekeepers waiting to deploy to Somalia, a...
View ArticleSierra Leone: Sierra Leone Ranked 15th Highest in Child Marriage
[Concord] United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Country Representative in Sierra Leone, Dr. Klim Eva Dickson, has disclosed that Sierra Leone was ranked 15th among countries with the highest rate of...
View ArticleNews24.com | Sierra Leone frees 55 from Ebola quarantine
Only four people remained in quarantine in Sierra Leone on Wednesday after 55 others were declared free of the Ebola virus and released from hospital, officials and medical sources said. ......
View ArticleNews24.com | Sierra Leone talk show host released from jail
A journalist held in Sierra Leone since 3 November after a guest on his radio show criticised President Ernest Bai Koroma's handling of the Ebola outbreak, has been released from jail....
View ArticleAuthorities re-arrest freed Sierra Leone war crimes convict
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) A security official says authorities have re-arrested a former leader of a militia accused of torturing and...
View ArticleSierra Leone ex-child soldiers threaten to sue British mercenary firm
Child soldiers who were forced to fight in Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war say they will sue a British military firm that later recruited them in adulthood to perform mercenary work in Iraq in place of...
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 ArticleSierra Leone’s deputy high commissioner to Nigeria kidnapped for a $40...
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 1 July 2016 The government of Sierra Leone has this afternoon confirmed the report of the kidnapping of the former head of Sierra Leone’s military, who is currently serving in...
View ArticleHuman Rights Activist and Former Child Soldier Ishmael Beah to Speak at NAFSA...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 6, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Human rights activist, bestselling author, and former child soldier from Sierra Leone, Ishmael Beah will speak at NAFSA: Association of International...
View ArticleSierra Leone News: Journalists and Politicians…till death do us part!!!
My week was crowded with demands from people wanting my opinion on the David Tam- Bayoh misfortune. Pretty much the number one question that was thrown at me across Freetown was; “What has David done...
View ArticleAuthorities re-arrest freed Sierra Leone war crimes convict
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- Authorities have re-arrested a former leader of a militia accused of torturing and mutilating civilians during Sierra Leone's civil war after he violated terms of his...
View ArticleSierra Leone starts nationwide lockdown to stop spread of Ebola
September 19, 2014 -- Updated 0408 GMT (1208 HKT) (CNN) -- Sierra Leone starts a three-day nationwide lockdown Friday in an effort to halt an Ebola outbreak that has left thousands dead in the region....
View ArticleRemembering President Kabbah through his memoir “Coming Back From the Brink...
By Abu Bakarr Sesay When I heard the news about the death of former president Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabba, the first thing that came to mind was the book he wrote “Coming Back From the Brink in Sierra Leone”...
View ArticleSierra Leone News: Remembering Bobson Kamara
There was snow this Sunday morning when I woke up in Southern Germany the first snow of the year. Bobson Kamara liked snow. He liked goat cheese too, and French dried sausage called saucisson, mussels,...
View ArticleSOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT SIERRA LEONE: Juvenile detention centres lack means...
By Ahmed SahidNasralla (De Monk) Most of the inmates share mattresses and nets, little sleep on the cold floor Jesus is Freedom: inmates express their faith and hope through sketches on the walls of...
View ArticleSierra Leone Ebola regulations and other laws must not be used to curtail...
(Source: Amnesty International) Sierra Leone should stop using emergency regulations brought in to combat Ebola as a pretext to restrict freedom of expression and peaceful assembly, Amnesty...
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