Sierra Leone: Bombali Farmers Call for More Support Sep 10, 2008
Concord Times (Freetown) ... Mariama KandehFreetown ... Mansaray mentioned that Visser had also made visits to the ministry of agriculture, trade and the representative of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) in Freetown to discuss key issues on how they can call in important players in order to establish the chain. (allAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone: Taylor Claims Irrelevant to Case, Says Prosecutor Sep 9, 2008
Concord Times (Freetown) ... Olusegun OgundejiFreetown. (allAfrica.com)
Rebels face Sierra Leone tribunal Sep 9, 2008
The BBC's Lansana Fofana in Freetown says that Mr Sesay occasionally lowered his head as the 18 war crimes charges, including sexual slavery, murder, looting and terrorising civilians, were read out. Chief Prosecutor David Crane said that atrocities were committed in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)
Strike suspended in Sierra Leone Sep 9, 2008
Freetown has been stable since war ended in 2002 ... On Tuesday the country was brought to a standstill, but shops and offices have begun reopening says the BBC's Lansana Fofana from the capital, Freetown. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)
* Cameroon rally to down Cape Verde, reach final phase Sep 8, 2008
Minnows Sierra Leone climbed above 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa into second spot in Group 4 after defeating Equatorial Guinea 2-1 in Freetown via goals from Kewullay Conteh and Sheriff Suma. Juvenal Edjogo put away a stoppage-time consolation goal for the visitors, who were suffering a fourth consecutive loss after launching their campaign with a home victory over the Leone Stars three months ago. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Substitutes strike to take Cameroon through to third round Sep 8, 2008
Minnows Sierra Leone climbed above 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa into second spot in Group 4 after defeating Equatorial Guinea 2-1 in Freetown via goals from Kewullay Conteh and Sheriff Suma. South Africa dominated runaway leaders Nigeria in Port Elizabeth only to lose 1-0 when a counter attack 20 minutes from full-time ended with Ikechukwu Uche firing a low shot past Itumeleng Khune. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
Nigeria/South Africa: Eagles Shut Bafana Bafana Out of Nations Cup Sep 7, 2008
Meanwhile Sierra Leone playing in Freetown pipped Equatorial Guinea 1-0 to move into second position with seven points and will have a last game against the Eagles next month while travel to Malabo to confront the Equatorial Guineans in a match that could just be academic because even if they win to end on seven points like Sierra Leone, the West Africans will remain second on the strength of head-to-head, having drawn 0-0 in Johannesburg and beaten Bafana Bafana 1-0 in Freetown. In other... (allAfrica.com)
UN chopper crash in Sierra Leone Sep 7, 2008
The Russian-built Mi-8 helicopter was carrying members of the UN peacekeeping mission and aid workers from the capital, Freetown to the west of the country ... They are Allan Mukuru, 35, a Ugandan and director of the IRC's aid programmes in Sierra Leone, and Bahati Barongo, 37, a Tanzanian based in Freetown. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)
A Digital Sierra Leone? Sep 6, 2008
A Digital Sierra Leone. The World Computer Exchange Aims to Get Sierra Leone's Youth Online. (Suite101.com)
Sierra Leone: Witness Links Charles Taylor to RUF's Issa Sesay Sep 5, 2008
Concord Times (Freetown) ... At this meeting, Taylor asked to know why Sankoh was arrested and someone who was present in Freetown when Sankoh was arrested gave an explanation. (allAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone:Questioning the Use of Aid Sep 2, 2008
Lansana FofanaFreetown ... Fatmata Kamara, 23, is a double amputee who spends her time daily begging on the streets of Freetown, the country's capital ... She lost both her legs in January 1999 when rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) invaded Freetown and committed horrific atrocities against civilians, including mass amputations. (allAfrica.com)
S Leone president declares assets Sep 2, 2008
Corruption is seen as one of the reasons for the outbreak of civil war in the country in the 1990s, the BBC's Umaru Fofana reports from the capital, Freetown. It is also seen as the reason the country has been almost consistently at the bottom of the UN's human development index, despite its huge mineral resources, he says. (BBC News -- Africa)
Sierra Leone: Activists Oppose Death Penalty Aug 29, 2008
Lansana FofanaFreetown ... Sierra Leone's maximum security prison at Pademba Road in Freetown holds all the country's 14 death row inmates. (allAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone: Commission Launches First Human Rights Report Aug 28, 2008
Mohamed FofanahFreetown. A barefoot girl watches expressionless as men clad in expensive suits and women in designer clothes make their way on foot to the Community Centre in Kroo Bay, Freetown ... Home for her is the warren of patchwork wood and tin dwellings that sits at the bottom of the west end of the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown. (allAfrica.com)
Adama Kai's fashions make a statement in Sierra Leone Aug 27, 2008
FREETOWN - Women carrying corn on their heads and children selling peanuts stop to stare as a leggy model in a tiny blue dress strikes a pose outside a steel-doored clothes shop in Sierra Leone's capital ... Her store is tucked between a small printing shop and a newspaper office in hilly Freetown's hectic downtown ... Dressed in a brown suit with her hair twisted into dreadlocks, Kai knows she stands out in the Freetown crowd. (Boston Globe)
Sierra Leone: Activists Cry Foul Over Mining Policy Aug 27, 2008
Lansana FofanaFreetown ... "Leading civil society organisations gathered in a conference in Freetown last week which focused on the review of the country's mining laws. In their position paper, they urged the government to solicit the input of a broad range of civil society in formulating new policies.At present, only three CSOs are included in the presidential task force, the most outspoken one being the Network Movement for Justice and Development. It too is finding it hard to put through the... (allAfrica.com)
Liberia: Doe Was Never Captured Aug 27, 2008
Wylie said following his escape from the detention facilities of the National Security Agency (NSA), he was invited to Freetown, Sierra Leone by Dr. Fahnbulleh where he met with the late Thomas Quiwonkpa and briefed about the plan to dethrone the Doe government ... In Freetown, according to him, he and his colleagues, about 32 other Liberians, were given military training by the late General Quiwonkpa to prepare them for the task of overthrowing the Doe regime. (allAfrica.com)
My childhood in Accra Aug 24, 2008
We sailed from Liverpool on 14 June 1947 on the troopship "Empire Bure" of the Elder Dempster Line and stopped at Freetown to disembark those who were stationed in Sierra Leone. There was no landing quay and passengers had to be taken ashore in small launches. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Sierra Leone: Former President Wants Meeting with President Koroma Aug 19, 2008
Concord Times (Freetown) ... Ibrahim TarawallieFreetown ... Former President Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Friday said he planned to urgently meet with President Ernest Bai Koroma to find a solution to the recent violence in Freetown by the two major political parties. (allAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone: Blame Immaturity for My Loss - Salone Boxer Aug 16, 2008
Concord Times (Freetown). 14 August 2008Posted to the web 15 August 2008. (allAfrica.com)
Unrest 'appals' S Leone leaders Aug 15, 2008
But after the end of the emergency meeting ruling party supporters apparently threw water on opposition representatives and several journalists were beaten up, the BBC's Umaru Fofana reports from the capital, Freetown. Mr Kargbo said the meeting had been held in good faith. (BBC News -- Africa)
Sierra Leone: British High Commission Loses Visa Case Aug 14, 2008
Concord Times (Freetown) ... British High Commission in Freetown has issued Madam Isata Koroma of Makeni with her visitor's visa to travel to the UK after it lost an appeal case against the petty trader in Freetown ... " It could be recalled that the entry clearance officer at the British High Commission in Freetown was the respondent in this matter and Madam Isata Koroma the appellant.Both parties had a right to appeal against the immigration judge's decision. The respondent duly accepted the... (allAfrica.com)
Soccer team causes surprise by coming home Aug 12, 2008
FREETOWN - A boys' soccer team from Sierra Leone won silver at a tournament in Sweden, but were hailed as champions in their poor West African homeland -- because they all came home ... "It's rare for a whole team of Sierra Leoneans to go abroad and come back," Kweku Lisk, legal adviser to their club, FC Johansen, told reporters in the capital Freetown Friday ... More than 250 teams entered this year's Mittnorden Cup in Sweden, but Freetown's FC Johansen was the first African team to compete in... (MSNBC -- Sports)
Sierra Leone: Former Rebel Commanders Awaiting Judgment Aug 8, 2008
Lansana FofanaFreetown. Final arguments in the lengthy trial of three former commanders of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) have ended in Freetown, making way for judgment which is expected by the end of this year ... Jabati Mambu, a 25-year old who had his right hand chopped off at the wrist by rebel forces when they invaded Freetown in January 1999, is still bitter. (allAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone:Government Has Real Chance to Boost Peace Aug 8, 2008
To his credit he has streamlined the civil service, demanded ministers be held accountable and, albeit expensively, brought electricity to the capital, Freetown. But the public and bureaucrats alike say corruption remains a way of life. (allAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone's convalescence Aug 8, 2008
A symbol of Koroma's success has been his ability to turn the lights back on in Freetown. The failure of his predecessor to ensure reliable electricity there was a source of great public anger. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Police question sacked Sierra Leonean MinisterFreetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The police in Sierra Lene havequestioned the country's sacked Transport and Aviation Minister KemohSesay over the landingin the country of a Venezuelan plane that was carrying 703kg of cocaine 13 July. 06/08/2008 Full Text... Aug 6, 2008
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The police in Sierra Lene have questioned the country's sacked Transport and Aviation Minister Kemoh Sesay over the landing in the country of a Venezuelan plane that was carrying 703kg of cocaine 13 July. Sesay was interrogated by personnel of the Police Crime Services for several hours at the Joint operational Command centre at a seaside village of Murray Town, west of the capital, Freetown, following his sack on Monday ... Freetown - 06/08/2008. (Panapress.com)
Sierra Leone: Women Candidates Progress, But Not Enough Aug 3, 2008
Mohammed FofanahFreetown ... Alie Kabbah, a trader at Kroo Bay, one of the slum communities in Freetown, said, "We only got a clinic for the first time in our community when we got a female councillor. If big politicians are threatening the women, refusing to give them symbol for them to stand for the elections, then things will not develop in this country.There were numerous incidents of intimidation of female candidates during the election campaign. Fatmata Daramy had to pull out of the race... (allAfrica.com)
UN joins Sierra Leone to combat sexual exploitation, abuseFreetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The United Nations Mission in SierraLeone has joined forces with the Sierra Leone Police (SLP)to battle sexual exploitation and assault, domestic violence, physicalassault and cruelty to children in the wider community. 30/07/2008 Full Text... Jul 30, 2008
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone has joined forces with the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) to battle sexual exploitation and assault, domestic violence, physical assault and cruelty to children in the wider community. According to Inspector Ibrahim M. F. Samurah, Director of Police Media Unit, more than 200 male and female personnel are currently being trained in that regard at a three-day workshop in Freetown, the nation's capital ... "The policy guidelines... (Panapress.com)
Liberian President Backs Bid To Move Taylor Trial to Hague Jul 27, 2008
He was then transferred by helicopter to Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, and jailed. Many Liberians expressed relief Thursday that Taylor had finally been arrested. (Yahoo News -- Hague War Crimes Tribunal)
Sierra Leone:Tighten Security to Curb Drug Trafficking Jul 26, 2008
Lansana FofanaFreetown. Nineteen suspects, including eight men from Colombia and Venezuela, have appeared before a Freetown High Court on charges of smuggling illegal drugs into the country ... Sources at the Office of National Security here in Freetown told IPS the government plans to set up a collaborative partnership with its counterpart in Guinea Bissau to jointly deal with the problem. (allAfrica.com)
UBA Sierra Leone commences Banking Operations Jul 26, 2008
United Bank for Africa (Sierra Leone) Limited on Tuesday July 22, 2008 commenced banking operations in Freetown, Sierra Leone at the bank's first branch and Head Office located at 15 Charlotte Street, Freetown. UBA Sierra Leone is now set to provide the full range of corporate and consumer banking services followed the official presentation of the banking operating licence by the apex regulatory institution, the Bank of Sierra Leone. (allAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone: Men Shortage Hits Women in America Jul 24, 2008
Concord Times (Freetown) ... Bhoyy JallohFreetown ... For all you con artists out there in Freetown, who think this is an opportunity to con some Sierra Leonean sisters in the US to bring you over, think again. (allAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone: Artisanal Fishing At Risk Jul 24, 2008
Concord Times (Freetown) ... The small village of Tombo on the Freetown peninsula is a centre of artisanal fishing in Sierra Leone, but its future and the future of all local fishermen in the country might be at risk ... These men provide fish for markets in the local area, in Freetown and beyond, as well as a source of food for their families. (allAfrica.com)
S Leone pledges cocaine crackdown Jul 23, 2008
Fifty-eight people are being held over the seizure of the plane, the BBC's Umaru Fofana reports from the capital, Freetown ... Following the seizure of the plane a week ago, Sierra Leone police arrested seven foreign nationals - three Colombians, two Mexicans, a Venezuelan national and a US citizen - in a car 10km (six miles) from Freetown's Lungi international airport. (BBC News -- Africa)
Sierra Leone: China Confirms Assistance to Sierratel Jul 22, 2008
Concord Times (Freetown) ... According to Zhao Zhongqiu, the Economic and Commercial Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Freetown, the venture which is code named Sierra Leone Rural and Sub-urban Telecommunication CDMA Network Project is designed to provide the people of Sierra Leone with an improved and convenient telecommunication system ... Kamara said their target for now is Freetown but that the plan is to make their presence felt in every part of Sierra Leone. (allAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone: Flood Water Brings Diseases Jul 22, 2008
With malaria, diarrhea and vomiting, pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory infections, worm infestations, scabies, abscesses, sores, and boils all common ailments in the Kroo Bay community of the Sierra Leone capital Freetown local medical official Amadou Kandor says it's little wonder 35 is an average life expectancy for the slum's 6,000 inhabitants. Kroo Bay, one of the poorest areas in the centre of Sierra Leone's beachfront capital Freetown, is a squalid slum so littered with rubbish... (allAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone: How The Drugs Trade Operates Through this Country [analysis] Jul 19, 2008
The Independent (Freetown) ... Dealings were done in the capital Freetown and through the Revolutionary United front rebels ... Go Lumley Street, watch Street in the centre of Freetown and Krootown Road in the west and many urban areas in the country, you find out that boredom and frustration and idleness has made these places an ideal spot for the lumpen youth. (allAfrica.com)
Liberia's Taylor trial adjourned Jul 17, 2008
Mr Taylor pleaded not guilty to all the charges when he appeared in court in Freetown, Sierra Leone, in March 2006 ... It is alleged that Mr Taylor shared a common plan with the RUF's commanders to gain power and control over Sierra Leone, so he could gain access to its diamonds and have a government in Freetown that would support his aims. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
Sierra Leone: Nine Foreigners Arrested For Drug Trafficking Jul 16, 2008
Concord Times (Freetown) ... The guns and ammunition were reportedly taken to Freetown by President Ernest Koroma's convoy when he visited the scene on Sunday ... The suspected pilot was captured late Sunday at one of the checkpoints while the others were caught in Freetown. (allAfrica.com)
Drug crew seized in Sierra Leone Jul 15, 2008
The BBC's Umaru Fofana, in Freetown, says the pilots had fled in a vehicle that drove through the perimeter fence ... Police spokesman Francis Munu said that a small white aircraft with a fake Red Cross emblem had landed at Freetown's international Lungi airport without authorisation ... The incident comes after a warning from the US embassy in Freetown that some members of the police in Sierra Leone were working with organised criminals, our reporter says. (BBC News -- Americas)
Group displeased with conduct of Sierra Leone's council pollsFreetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - President of Sierra Leone's gendergroup (50/50), Isha Josiah, has frowned at the conduct of lastweekend's local council polls, saying electioneering campaigns onelection days should be discouraged. 08/07/2008 Full Text... Jul 8, 2008
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - President of Sierra Leone's gender group (50/50), Isha Josiah, has frowned at the conduct of last weekend's local council polls, saying electioneering campaigns on election days should be discouraged ... In most places, parts of the eastern and northern provinces and Freetown, people actually offered money to aspirants for them to withdraw from the polls," she claimed.Though she spoke of political harassment and intimidation, few female aspirants from Freetown,... (Panapress.com)
Sierra Leone's 'family talk' heals scars of war Jul 7, 2008
Kailahun District, Sierra Leone - John Caulker might know the rough, red-rock roads of rural Sierra Leone better than he knows the hallways of his own office in Freetown, the seaside capital ... An hour in traffic a rather common way to pass an hour in Freetown and you can do a day's shopping from your car window ... The farther Caulker goes on his cross-country trips, the farther away Freetown seems geographically, existentially. (Christian Science Monitor)
Sierra Leone: Tom Nyuma Supports Domestic Violence Jul 2, 2008
Concord Times (Freetown) ... Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) candidate for the chairmanship of Kailahun district council Monday attempted to justify wife battering saying: "Domestic violence is not a human right abuse. You can call the United States embassy in Freetown and crosscheck with them." Tom Nyuma's statement came after political observers questioned the party's decision to fill in a candidate with questionable human rights record in the local government elections scheduled for... (allAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone: Obama Group Formed in Country Jun 28, 2008
The Independent (Freetown). 27 June 2008Posted to the web 27 June 2008. (allAfrica.com)
Fighting spirit Jun 24, 2008
By Lansana Fofana BBC News, Freetown ... Fighting between pupils has broken out repeatedly in recent months, with most of the incidents concentrated in the capital, Freetown ... A few months ago, it took the intervention of newly-elected President Ernest Bai Koroma to pacify pupils of the Muslim Congress school in eastern Freetown. (BBC News -- Africa)
Major setback for Bafana Jun 23, 2008
Fanteni played as badly as he did in last Saturday's shock 1-0 loss to Sierra Leone in Freetown. But to be fair, the Maccabi Haifa striker played with a groin injury which he sustained last Saturday. (iAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone: Sex Crimes Continue in Peacetime Jun 21, 2008
"Being raped is stigmatised by society in Sierra Leone," said Eunice Whenzle, head of the Rainbo Centre in the capital Freetown, who says that even the question of what constitutes a sexual assault is a very complex issue in Sierra Leonean society ... "The court system is incredibly slow," said Whenzle at the Rainbo Centre in Freetown. (allAfrica.com)
Rebels face Sierra Leone tribunal Jun 21, 2008
The BBC's Lansana Fofana in Freetown says that Mr Sesay occasionally lowered his head as the 18 war crimes charges, including sexual slavery, murder, looting and terrorising civilians, were read out. Chief Prosecutor David Crane said that atrocities were committed in virtually all parts of Sierra Leone. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)
Strike suspended in Sierra Leone Jun 20, 2008
Freetown has been stable since war ended in 2002 ... On Tuesday the country was brought to a standstill, but shops and offices have begun reopening says the BBC's Lansana Fofana from the capital, Freetown. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)
S Leone arrests illegal migrants Jun 20, 2008
Our correspondent says thousands of Nigerians live all over Sierra Leone, many running shops in business district of the capital, Freetown ... Nigerians in Freetown have voiced disquiet about the operation - some telling the BBC that as Ecowas citizens, they should have the right to remain, others fearing the move will entrench resentment towards them. (BBC News -- Africa)
UN chopper crash in Sierra Leone Jun 18, 2008
The Russian-built Mi-8 helicopter was carrying members of the UN peacekeeping mission and aid workers from the capital, Freetown to the west of the country ... They are Allan Mukuru, 35, a Ugandan and director of the IRC's aid programmes in Sierra Leone, and Bahati Barongo, 37, a Tanzanian based in Freetown. (Yahoo News -- Sierra Leone)
Bellamy funds children's academy in Sierra Leone Jun 18, 2008
"This trip is to show my face and to show how serious I am," he told reporters beside a beach after a kickabout with fans in the steamy capital Freetown on Sunday. "It will be my second home. I have no doubt about it.". (International Herald Tribune)
Kufuor 'Meddled' In Sierra Leone Politics? Jun 18, 2008
Minkailu Mansaray, the minister for of labour, employment and social security, had affirmed the country's ties with Ghana before President Ernest Koroma could commission the sea view estate constructed by Regimanuel Gray S/L Limited at Goderich, west of Freetown ... Source:Concord Times (Freetown). (Ghana Web, Ghana)
African minnows wreak havoc in qualifiers Jun 16, 2008
Sierra Leone humbled 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa 1-0 in Freetown, Botswana held Ivory Coast 1-1 in Gaborone and there was a rare victory for Chad, who came from behind to edge Congo 2-1 in N'Djamena. Guinea finally clicked to defeat Namibia 2-1 in Windhoek with playmaker Pascal Feindouno scoring the winner on the stroke of half-time and Gambia claimed their first success by beating Algeria 1-0 in Banjul. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
South Africa/Sierra Leone: Bafana Lose to Leone Stars Jun 15, 2008
An 18th minute penalty by Sierra Leone s captain and star player Mohammed Kallon separated the teams, but it was rough justice on Joel Santana s men who were unlucky not have gained a point from their trip to Freetown. They had completely dominated the opening period when the hosts mounted their first meaningful attack, and Bryce Moon s lunge brought down Samuel Barlay in the penalty area, just inside the left channel. (allAfrica.com)
Africa's unjust deserts Jun 14, 2008
With his appearance in Freetown a moment so stunning, so unprecedented in Africa, that people stood six deep on rooftops to watch his vehicle roll by the era of international justice really began. Before long, he was transferred to The Hague, purportedly for security reasons, although many saw it as an admission that the West was really behind the trial. (Globe and Mail)
Slum clinic's diaryAbdul, who cleans up Sierra Leone clinic, only using water Jun 10, 2008
Staff at a clinic in the coastal slum of Kroo Bay, in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, are keeping a diary of their working lives for the BBC News website. Here, Abdul Sessey, the clinic caretaker and porter, talks about his role. (BBC News -- Health)
In Africa, justice for 'bush wives' Jun 10, 2008
Freetown, Sierra Leone - Fatmata Jalloh was just a kid selling pancakes on a rural road in Sierra Leone when a rebel soldier snatched her and made her his wife. "I was a child. I didn't know anything about love at that time ... but he said, 'If you don't take me [as your husband], I'll kill you,' " she remembers. (Christian Science Monitor)
Nigeria/Sierra Leone: Eagles Win With Last-Minute Goal Jun 8, 2008
Joseph Yobo scrambled in a last gasp winner on the stroke of full time to earn Nigeria a 1-0 win over Sierra Leone in a 2010 World Cup/Afcon qualifier in Freetown on Saturday. The hosts pushed their more illustrious opponents hard all the way, and had good scoring chances hitting the woodwork twice in the first half. (allAfrica.com)
Sierra Leone: China to Boost Hospital Jun 8, 2008
Concord Times (Freetown) ... Rachel HornerFreetown ... The objective of the visit is to review a design of an ultra modern hospital to be constructed nearby the College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences campus at Kossoh Town, Hastings in Freetown. (allAfrica.com)
Roundup for Saturday Jun 8, 2008
Everton defender Joseph Yobo scrambled in a last-minute goal to hand Nigeria a second successive World Cup qualifying win as they beat Sierra Leone 1-0 away in Freetown on Saturday, Reuters reported from Freetown. Yobo applied the finishing touch in a goalmouth melee to hand the Super Eagles top place in the African zone Group Four standings. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
Sierra Leone: 'Ban All Tobacco Advertising Now' Jun 3, 2008
Concord Times (Freetown) ... Meanwhile, the country's only psychiatrist Dr. Edward Nahim, who is also head of the Kissy Mental Home in Freetown, has disclosed that both men and women smokers face similar risks of developing one or more of some twenty-four smoking related diseases. (AllAfrica.com)
UN to decide on seabed claims May 29, 2008
Sierra Leone Sentences doubled for ex-militia heads FREETOWN - A UN-backed war crimes court yesterday more than doubled the prison terms for two former militia leaders convicted of overseeing hundreds of killings and mutilations during Sierra Leone's 11-year war. An earlier ruling sentencing Moinina Fofana to six years and Allieu Kondewa to eight years was far too light, the judges ruled. (Boston Globe)
Sierra Leone: War Crimes Ruling Bolsters Victim Protection [press release] May 29, 2008
Sierra Leone's Special Court has thus far tried eight individuals associated with the three warring factions during the conflict - Revolutionary United Front, Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), and Civil Defence Forces - in Freetown. Liberia's former president Charles Taylor is being tried by the Special Court, for crimes allegedly committed in Sierra Leone, at the facilities of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. (allAfrica.com)
