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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Police in Sierra Leone on Tuesday said they had released on bail four members of a US-based non governmental organisation after questioning them in connection with a child trafficking scandal. Backed by Interpol, Sierra Leone police are investigating claims by 40 parents in the west African state that their children were trafficked to the United States 13 years ago from the northern city of Makeni. Assistant Inspector-general of Police Francis Munu, who is heading the probe in conjunction with officials of Interpol, told journalists Tuesday; "We have quizzed, and detained for a number of hours but later released on bail four senior workers of ... Read Full Story
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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
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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
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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
Written by KreativeMix on
Due to my travel schedule, I have extended the 2008 Pledge to November 30, 2009. That means you have another full year 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
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Sierra Leone is trying to rebuild its tourism industry hurt by years of civil strife. Tourists, in small numbers, are returning to Sierra Leone's white sand beaches and clear blue waters, eight years after fighting ended in the western African ...  
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Whether they are former rebels of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), or people’s heroes of the Sierra Leone Civil Defence Forces (CDF), the eight men serving prison sentences in the Republic of ...  
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In an exclusive interview with this reporter at the Sierra Leone Embassy in Berlin, Germany, last week, Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany H.E. Jongopie Siaka Stevens disclosed that a lot of foreigners in Germany are ...  
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In a week punctuated with good news about the splendid efforts being made by President Ernest Koroma to turn Sierra Leone around socio-economically and politically, more great news emerged today when President Koroma signed a memorandum of ...  
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In another landmark move in his recent eastern region tour, President Koroma stopped at Mano Junction, Kailahun District, to open the newly-built ultra-modern market sponsored by NACSA under Conton Sesay. During the ceremony, the President underlined ...  
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