Sharing 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 ArticleHON. DR. SYLVIA BLYDEN'S OPENING STATEMENT ON THE PRESENTATION OF THE...
HON. DR. SYLVIA BLYDEN'S OPENING STATEMENT ON THE PRESENTATION OF THE COMBINED THIRD TO FIFTH PERIODIC REPORT OF SIERRA LEONE IN FULFILLMENT OF ARTICLE 44 OF THE U.N. CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE...
View ArticleNews24.com | 3rd doctor dies from Ebola in Sierra Leone
A senior advisor to sierra Leone’s president says a third doctor has died from Ebola, marking a setback in the country’s fight against the virulent disease....
View ArticleNews24.com | Canada pulling Ebola lab team from Sierra Leone
Canada is evacuating a three-member mobile laboratory team from Sierra Leone after people in their hotel were diagnosed with Ebola....
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 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 : 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....
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 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 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...
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