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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S.Leone police investigate child trafficking allegations

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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

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

Written by KreativeMix on
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

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
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Introducing the Sierra Leone Rural Education Project
My name is Daniel Turay and I am the coordination of the Sierra Leone Rural Education Project. In the following photos you will see us in action at Yonibana in the Yoni chiefdom, Northern Sierra Leone and Mile 6. The Easter project, provided lunch ...  
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TOFBALT works to promote volunteerism in Sierra Leone
Another important event in the history of Volunteerism in Sierra Leone today was realized. The Organization for Bringing All Sierra Leoneans Together commonly Known as TOFBASLT has partnered with the local Government ( Freetown City Council ...  
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Sierra Leone: Mongolian 'Red Heroes' Honored for Upholding Security At the...
UN Envoy Ellen Margrethe Løj, has awarded two hundred and fifty members of the Mongolian Guard Force peacekeeping medals for their role in contributing to peace-building efforts and the dispensation of justice while guarding the Special Court for .  
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The missionary history of Sierra Leone
Book digitized by Google from the library of Oxford University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb..This item belongs to: texts/europeanlibraries.This item has files of the following types: Abbyy GZ, Animated GIF, DjVu, DjVuTXT, Djvu XML, Image Container PDF, Metadata, Scandata, Single Page Processed JP2 ZIP  
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Is Sierra Leone’s 2010 budget fiscally prudent?
The government Budget statements and Financial policies for the financial year 2010 delivered by the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Dr. Samura Kamara on December 4, 2009 in the chamber of parliament offers some fresh hope of our nation ...  
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