Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

A community portal about Sierra Leone with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea on the north and Liberia on... [more]

A community portal about Sierra Leone with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Sierra Leone, officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Guinea on the north and Liberia on the south, with the Atlantic Ocean on the west. The name Sierra Leone was adapted from the Portuguese name for the country: Serra Leoa. The literal meaning is "Lioness Mountain." During the 1700s Sierra Leone was an important centre of the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The capital Freetown was founded in 1792 by the Sierra Leone Company as a home for Black Britons who had fought for the British in the American Revolutionary War.

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Sierra Leone ex-rebels leave to be jailed in Rwanda: court

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Eight former Sierra Leone rebels convicted of civil war atrocities left the country in a UN chartered plane Saturday to serve their prison sentences in Rwanda, a court spokesman said. "The eight convicts of the Special Court for Sierra Leone left shortly after 0400 GMT on a UN chartered plane to Kigali, Rwanda," spokesman Peter Andersen told AFP. He added that the men -- three former leaders of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), three ex-leaders of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) and two wartime leaders of the Civil Defence Forces (CDF) -- would be imprisoned in a special wing of Rwanda's Mpanga prison. ... Read Full Story

Sierra Leone upholds stiff sentences for rebels

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Sierra Leone's UN-backed tribunal upheld Monday sentences of up to 52 years in prison for three former rebel leaders in its last ever judgement to be handed down in Freetown. Although the court accepted certain grounds for appeal by the defendants, the five-judge panel confirmed the sentences for Issa Hassan Sesay (52 years), Morris Kallon (40 years) and Augustine Gbao (25 years). The three men were convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity for overseeing a decade of rapes and killings during the country's brutal civil war, which ended in 2001. The decision of the panel of international and Sierra Leone judges was ... Read Full Story

S.Leone tribunal delivers final Freetown verdict

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The UN-backed Sierra Leone tribunal was poised Monday to hand down its last ever verdict in Freetown against the perpetrators of atrocities during the country's brutal civil war. The last ruling will be in the appeal of Issa Hassan Sesay, 39, Morris Kallon, 45, and Augustine Gbao, 61, three former rebel leaders convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity for overseeing a spree of rapes and killings. Once the appeals verdict against the former leaders of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel group is delivered at around 10:30 am (1030 GMT) the court will close its doors in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown eight ... Read Full Story

Sierra Leone 2008 Pledge Campaign extended Until November 2010 - Support Sierra Leone today

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Due to my travel schedule, I have extended the 2008 Pledge to November 30, 2010. That means you have 2 full years to lend your support to the cause!!!! As you can see below, we have collected several school supplies and more than $2,500 in cash. My goal is collect at least $10,000. In the December issue of Elle magazine , there is an excellent article on "Hope Diamonds" and various philanthropic efforts in Sierra Leone by celebrities and others in the international community. The article notes that $16.10 can pay the tuition for one child for the entire year. We have collected over ... Read Full Story

80 killed in Sierra Leone boat wreck: police

FREETOWN (Reuters) - A boat carrying children in Sierra Leone back from their school holidays capsized in a heavy storm off the capital Freetown, killing at least 80 of its 150 passengers, police said on Wednesday. Emergency services rescued 36 people and were continuing the search for more survivors from the wreck on Tuesday, federal police spokesman Ibrahim Samuro told reporters. "The rest are still missing. The vessel cannot be traced," Samuro said of the search effort off the coast by Freetown's Tombo suburb. "Most of the dead were children between the ages of eight and 16 years old," Sam Bangura, a senior police ... Read Full Story
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Bumbuna Hydro-Electricity Dam Commissioned In Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone took a dramatic leap from darkness to light yesterday as the much-famous Bumbuna Hydroelectricity Dam was commissioned by His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma, who in two years has thus fulfilled yet another of his major ...  
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Revised mines and minerals act in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Ministry of Mineral Resources is implementing a program of legal and regulatory reform governing the minerals sector. Leading the way is the new Mines and Minerals Act 2009 which has been approved by the Cabinet and will be presented to ...  
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Did Sierra Leone get war crimes justice?
As Sierra Leonean war crimes convicts begin their sentences this week in Rwanda, the BBC's Umaru Fofana considers the achievement of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, which has now finished its work in Freetown. Kadiatu, who had one of her legs ...  
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Peace Corps to return to Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - A US official says the Peace Corps will return to Sierra Leone after 16 years' absence. Peace Corps Acting Regional Director for Africa Lynn Foden said Monday that 50 volunteers will arrive next June to work on secondary ...  
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Sierra Leone links up with India medics
Freetown (Sierra Leone), Nov. 5 : Sierra Leone ''s president has launched a satellite link-up so that doctors in his country can seek advice from their colleagues in India. According to a BBC report, the system, known as telemedicine, will enable ...  
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