Sierra Leone News : World Bank Sierra Leone Donates Vehicles to Charitable...
The World Bank Sierra Leone Country Office on Thursday May 11th donated two Toyota Land Cruisers and one Prado vehicle to three non-governmental organizations actively working with vulnerable groups in...
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 ArticleSierra Leone News : AWOL Celebrates Day of African Child 2017 with School...
Freetown, Sierra Leone I Friday, June 16th 2017: The Day of the African Child (DAC) is celebrated every year on the African Continent and around the world since 1991 when it was initiated by the...
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 ArticleChild Soldiers in Africa: ICC Trial of Congolese Warlord Puts Recruitment of...
Almost two years after the trial opened, Congolese military commander Bosco Ntaganda will take the stand on Wednesday at the International Criminal Court (ICC), charged with 13 war crimes and five...
View ArticleJimmy Thoronka: concerns raised over Sierra Leone athlete's welfare after arrest
Sprinter who disappeared after Commonwealth Games has been interviewed by immigration officials at a London police station...
View ArticleA NEW DAWN FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN SIERRA LEONE, PARLIAMENT APPROVES...
The Parliament of the Republic of Sierra Leone has overwhelmingly approved the appointment of Mr Melron Nicol-Wilson as new Ombudsman, on Tuesday April 11, 2017. This follows him being named by H.E...
View ArticleEx-child soldiers to sue UK firm that hired them to be mercenaries in Iraq
The two men, who were under 13 when they fought in Sierra Leone, allege Aegis Defence Services failed to mitigate the psychological harm they suffered...
View ArticleSierra Leone parliament approves new Ombudsman
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 13 April 2017 The Parliament of Sierra Leone last Tuesday, 11th of April, 2017, overwhelmingly approved the appointment of Mr Melron Nicol-Wilson as the country’s new Ombudsman....
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 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...
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...
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 ArticleUnsound, 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 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 ArticleSierra Leone News: THE DARK SIDE OF SIERRA LEONE’S DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST...
The 20th Century is gone and the celebrations that marked the beginning of the 21st Century on January 1, 2000 reverberated throughout the world. This new Millennium was considered by many (especially...
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 ArticleHuman rights in Sierra Leone – has the ruling APC done enough to deserve a ...
Sierra Leone Telegraph: 28 February 2017 Since coming to power in 2007 several journalists and political opponents have been arrested and detained behind bars by the Koroma government of Sierra Leone....
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