Unsound, Unjust and Unwise -- Banning Pregnant Girls From School in Sierra Leone
It's now widely known that the government of Sierra Leone has instituted a ban on pregnant girls from taking exams and attending regular schools. The ban gives Sierra Leone the dubious distinction of...
View ArticleIsmael Beah's Journey From Child Soldier to Activist Storyteller
It's not every former child soldier who has a memoir on the New York Times bestseller list. Or has the Washington Post's reviewer declare that, "everyone in the world should read this book." Ismael...
View ArticleEbola: Soldiers from Northern Ireland sent to Sierra Leone to help curb virus...
Soldiers from Northern Ireland are to be sent to Sierra Leone to help curb the Ebola outbreak which has spread through the country. [TICON-A VIDEO] It's understood some 40 troops have already arrived...
View ArticleEbola: Soldiers from Northern Ireland sent to Sierra Leone to help curb virus...
Soldiers from Northern Ireland are to be sent to Sierra Leone to help curb the Ebola outbreak which has spread through the country. [TICON-A VIDEO] [TICON-A VIDEO] It's understood some 40 troops have...
View ArticleISIS' child soldiers: What will happen to 'cubs of the caliphate'?
(CNN)A boy in a black knit cap stands in front of a man on his knees. He locks eyes with the captive, brow furrowed, his gaze seething with anger. He lifts a pistol and shoots the man in the forehead....
View ArticleCanada: Ex-Guantanamo Child Soldier Freed (HRW - Human Rights Watch)
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (Toronto) - The Canadian court's release on bail of the former child soldier and Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr on May 7, 2015, is a significant step toward ending...
View ArticleSIERRA LEONE: Juvenile detention centres lack means to reform inmates
After spending years without trial detainees return to society worse off than they were He was 15 years when he was brought to the remand home for juveniles in Kingtom, Freetown, after he was arrested...
View ArticleSierra Leone athlete fleeing Ebola freed and given accomodation after public...
A homeless sprinter facing deportation from Britain after staying to escape Ebola in Sierra Leone has been given Home Office accommodation following an outpouring of public support and donations. Jimmy...
View ArticleChampions and Orphans: The 1968 Fresno City College-College of the Sequoias...
Here’s the story. College of the Sequoias football Coach Al Baldock wanted to beat Fresno City College Coach Clare Slaughter in 1968. Instead, Slaughter – blessed with some of the finest talent in the...
View ArticleSierra 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 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 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...
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