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By Travis Lupick On Liberian road trips, things will go their own way, which is not always the direction you’re headed. Travis Lupick There were 11 of us stumbling through the dark when we heard a woman cry for … read more »
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The alarming rate of teenage pregnancy, especially among school girls, has become a cause for serious concern among well-meaning citizens of Sierra Leone including His Excellency the president, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma. President Koroma in his recent address to his … read more »
After many days of complaints and threats, the leader of Sierra Leone’s main opposition party, Julius Maada Bio (photo), has finally met with President Ernest Koroma at State House in Freetown today to accept that he (Koroma) was the winner … read more »
Sierra Leone’s president, Ernest Bai Koroma, has won re-election with 58.7 percent of the vote, ahead of his top rival Julius Maada Bio on 37.4 percent, the West African state’s electoral body announced on Friday. Koroma has overseen an investment … read more »
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The election in Sierra Leone is over and by all indication the ruling APC will form the majority in parliament as well. With few votes left to be counted, Ernest Koroma is heading for almost 65 percent of the total … read more »
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Voters crowded Freetown booths on Saturday as Sierra Leone chose a parliament and president. The polls are the third since the nation emerged from civil war in 2002 and shed the image of “blood diamonds.” UN envoy Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen … read more »
Sierra Leone 2012 Presidential Election Live [View the story "Sierra Leone 2012 Presidential Election Live " on Storify]
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By economist POSTERS plaster Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone. With an election on November 17th, candidates are vying for votes. President Ernest Bai Koroma is bidding for re-election with snappy slogans such as “When Music is Nice We Play … read more »
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The Hague – Lawyers for Liberia’s former president Charles Taylor plan to appeal a 50-year prison sentence handed down to him by a special UN-backed court last month, a document before the court said on Tuesday. “The defence provides notice … read more »
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor was sentenced Wednesday to 50 years in prison for aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone. Hundreds of people turned out at a courthouse in Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, to … read more »
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On 16 May, convicted war criminal, Charles Taylor, delivered a 30-minute speech – part plea for clemency, part lubricious defence of his actions, and part grandstanding – before his trial judges at The Hague as he awaits sentencing on 30 … read more »
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, May 4, 2012– The Principal Defender has appointed Morris Anyah, an experienced international appeals lawyer, as Assigned Appeals Counsel to conduct the appeal of convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Mr. Anyah has served as co-counsel on … read more »
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In a modern court building, more than 3,000 miles from the tropical West African country of Sierra Leone, three judges have for more than 12 months been painstakingly weighing up five years of court proceedings, 50,000 pages of transcripts, and … read more »
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, March 1, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Judgment in the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor will take place on 26 April 2012, in accordance with a Scheduling Order issued today by Trial Chamber II. The … read more »
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, January 18, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Justice Richard Brunt Lussick of Samoa has been elected Presiding Judge of Trial Chamber II. He succeeds Justice Teresa Doherty, whose one-year term ended on 17 January 2012. Pursuant to … read more »
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Freetown – Police used live bullets and tear gas to quell rioting between followers of Sierra Leone’s ruling party and opposition where several people suffered stab wounds, police and witnesses said on Monday. A witness said members of the ruling … read more »
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November 29, 2011 by benim
Makeni – Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission on Monday announced the indictment of the mayor of the capital Freetown and nine other top officials for corruption-related crimes. Herbert Williams, mayor since 2007, was indicted on 25 counts including embezzlement and tax … read more »
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November 9, 2011 by benim
Freetown – Sierra Leone’s political and church leaders on Tuesday ruled out legalising same-sex marriages in the West African state, after a British threat to cut aid to nations not recognising gay rights. Deputy Information Minister, Sheka Tarawallie told reporters … read more »
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September 13, 2011 by benim
Freetown – Two children died in a grenade explosion after they found the device, a remnant of the country’s civil war, while searching for scrap metal in northern Sierra Leone, police said on Tuesday. A police statement said 13-year-old Ibrahim … read more »
September 10, 2011 by benim
Gunfire broke out in Sierra Leone’s second biggest town, Bo, on Friday as supporters of rival political parties clashed in the streets, sources said. The fighting erupted after a leading opposition figure and presidential hopeful, Maada Bio, was struck on … read more »
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Freetown – A three-member human rights commission on Tuesday ordered the Sierra Leone government to pay all financial benefits due to 235 ex-soldiers who had been wrongly classified as mentally ill. The tribunal set up on June 1 to probe … read more »
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Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma on Friday announced plans to build a new city and give the country’s airport a makeover to further lure investors to the west African nation. Koroma was addressing a meeting of international investors, where he … read more »
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Police in Sierra Leone said on Wednesday they had seized three tons of marijuana with an estimated street value of some $10 million, one of the biggest seizures in recent years in the fragile West African nation. West Africa is … read more »
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Guinean President Alpha Conde and his Sierra Leonean counterpart Ernst Koroma on Saturday commissioned a bridge linking the capital cities of both West African countries. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the bridge, the European Union commissioner of development, Adris … read more »
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Freetown – An elderly man was trampled to death and a dozen people hurt in a stampede in Sierra Leone for free medical screening from the British Mercy Ship floating hospital, doctors said on Tuesday. More than 5 000 people … read more »
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Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court has banned the country’s main opposition party from meeting to choose its presidential candidate, sparking accusations of government interference. The Sierra Leone Peoples’ Party (SLPP) had planned to hold a convention on Saturday to select a … read more »
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November 26, 2010 by benim
Sierra Leone’s president is actively seeking foreign companies to invest in the country’s mining and agricultural sectors. President Ernest Bai Koroma wants to run the country like a business. He used to be an insurance executive and firmly believes the … read more »
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October 29, 2010 by benim
In the latest instalment from John Obey Beach, our Tribewanted members have settled into local life, experiencing both the successes and pitfalls of modern Sierra Leone. * Each week, Ben Keene, the founder of Tribewanted, will be reporting on a … read more »
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