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All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido, has totally disowned all the Nigerian owned banks operating in Sierra Leone.The governor who was on a visit to Sierra Leone this week,informed a cross section of newsmen in the Bank of Sierra Leone Auditorium, Sam Bangura Building in Freetown, that all the said Nigerian banks operating in Sierra Leone were regulated and monitored by...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
United States and Sierra Leone government officials signed an agreement to reestablish a Peace Corps program in Sierra Leone after a 16 year absence. Glenn Fedzer, the Chargé d’Affaires for the U.S. Embassy in Freetown, and Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Zainab Hawa Bangura, signed an agreement to officially re-establish Peace Corps/Sierra Leone at the Ministry...
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
It has been 16 years since Peace Corps volunteers were last seen in Sierra Leone, but American officials have confirmed that the programme will re-establish itself in Freetown soon.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- A US official says the Peace Corps will return to Sierra Leone after 16 years' absence.
JURIST (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
[JURIST] Eight men judged guilty of war crimes by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) were transferred to Rwanda Saturday to serve out prison sentences. Because Sierra Leone has no adequate prison facilities, an agreement with Rwanda was reached to allow them to complete their sentences at Mpanga prison. Three of the men, leaders of the Revolutionary United Front, had had their appeals rejected...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
Senior officials from Sierra Leone are in a four-day retreat in the capital Freetown, to refine a strategy to boost the country's export sector.
turenchi (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
The United Nations -backed Special Court for Sierra Leone on Monday sentenced three former rebel leaders to a combined 117 years in prison for war crimes. News Agency of Nigeria reports that the defendants, Issa Sesay, Morris Kallon and Augustine Gbao were jailed 52 years, 40 years and 25 years respectively. The tribunal sat in Freetown, Sierra Leone. A statement issued by the court and made available...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
[JURIST] The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on Monday upheld the convictions of three former rebel leaders of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), in what is to be the final proceedings of the Freetown-based court. The SCSL upheld the convictions of former RUF Interim Leader Issa Hassan Sesay and Senior RUF Commander Morris Kallon on each of 16 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
• Child mortality rates are one of the highest in the world • One in eight women risk dying during pregnancy or childbirth Amnesty International is warning of a "human rights emergency" in Sierra Leone, which has one of the highest maternal and child mortality rates in the world. One in eight women in the west African country risk dying during pregnancy or childbirth, compared...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
The once war-torn West African country of Sierra Leone has discovered oil, offshore Freetown. However, it is still not clear if it is in commercial quantity.
IOL (Free subscription) | 09/18/2009
Three people were killed and 11 others were injured when Sierra Leone police used live ammunition to break up a demonstration in the capital.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone -- Police say they have arrested two attendants who survived after an overloaded wooden boat capsized off the coast of Sierra Leone, killing at least 30.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
US-based mining outfit, Evergreen Investment has donated a total of 100 bags of rice to the flood-prone slum settlement of Kroo Bay and some disabled people within the Freetown municipality.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Nairobi/Freetown - More than 200 people were missing, feared dead after a boat sank off Sierra Leone's coast during a heavy storm, the West African nation's government said Thursday. Some 37 survivors have been found so far, but the ship was carrying...
Reuters (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
FREETOWN (Reuters) - The death toll in a shipwreck in Sierra Leone could rise from the 80 victims reported earlier as dozens of passengers are still missing, a maritime official said on Thursday.
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