These South Wales soldiers braved scorching heat in Sierra Leone to complete...
Two Rhymney Valley soldiers have completed their first marathon - braving the scorching heat of Sierra Leone to raise money for the Ebola-hit region. They were two of three men from the 1st The Queen's...
View ArticleComment on Sierra Leone’s former child soldiers used as cheap labour for...
War nor good o! War nor good. The repercussions of a war that started in Sierra Leone 1990 are being felt up-till now in 2017, with disastrous consequences. The lives of these former rebels could have...
View ArticleSierra Leone News: Kuwait stops issuing visas for Sierra Leone maids
Amid allegations of abuse by their employers, Kuwait has stopped issuing visas to Sierra Leoneans who seek domestic jobs in the country, a news release from the Sierra Leone Ministry of Foreign Affairs...
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 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 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 News : As no more Slave-like Visa 20 for Sierra Leone women......
His Excellency President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has once again solidified his credentials as the greatest protector of welfare of the Sierra Leone Woman with the news that his Government has...
View ArticleResilience is a way of life in Sierra Leone, now mourning hundreds lost in...
A nation “once again… gripped by grief”. This was how Ernest Bai Koroma, president of Sierra Leone, described the effects of the mudslide that devastated Regent, on the outskirts of the country’s...
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 ArticleNew Strategy Launched to Help Tackle Maternal, Child Deaths in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, 6 November 2017 --- Today a new national five-year strategy and a policy for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) was launched in Sierra Leone, which aims to...
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 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 ArticleResilience has become a way of life in Sierra Leone, now mourning hundreds...
A nation “once again… gripped by grief”. This was how Ernest Bai Koroma, president of Sierra Leone, described the effects of the mudslide that devastated Regent, on the outskirts of the country’s...
View ArticleSierra Leone News : Ernest Bai Koroma Gives Sierra Leone Women more reasons...
Sierra Leone women yet again have another reason to eulogise the President of Sierra Leone, His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma. This time over his act to ensure that a critical obstacle to equality...
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 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 ArticleResilience has become a way of life in Sierra Leone – now mourning hundreds...
David Winter Sierra Leone Telegraph: 23 August 2017 Few countries can have exceeded Sierra Leone’s share of misfortune over the last three decades, including civil war and the world’s largest Ebola...
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 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 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,...
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