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November 7
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Sierra Leone: Women Shoot Themselves in the Foot in Elections
Only 38 women - of a total of 586 candidates - will contest parliamentary seats in Sierra Leone's November elections, and the blame for this can be laid squarely on the shoulders... Read more »
April 29
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Sierra Leone: Taking Solace From a Verdict That Can't Bring Back Loved Ones
Saffa Momoh Lahai was just two years old when his father was killed during Sierra Leone's civil war. Rebels attacked their family home in Kailahun District, in the eastern reaches... Read more »
April 26
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Sierra Leone: Taylor's War Crimes Conviction Sends Powerful Message
The United Nations is rejoicing over the conviction of a former head of state for committing crimes against humanity, specifically involving the recruitment of child soldiers. Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Country Still Suffers Legacy of Child Soldiers
When the verdict against Liberia's former President Charles Taylor for war crimes in Sierra Leone is handed down on Thursday, it will be of no help to the many former combatants of... Read more »
April 13
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Sierra Leone: Listening to the Hum of Tilling Machinery in the Countryside
In the eastern Sierra Leonean community of Lambayama, rice paddies are carved far into the landscape before being abruptly halted by distant hills. Aside from a paved road that... Read more »
March 21
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Sierra Leone: Extra Year to Boost School Performance
Sierra Leone is instituting major reforms to its education system after the country reported some of the poorest academic results in West Africa. It will start with adding an extra... Read more »
February 9
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Africa: In the Shadow World, Only Blood, Gold and Gunpowder [book review]
They called themselves the "cut hands commandos" because they lopped off their victims' hands with machetes; the "burn house unit", for the thousands of families who were locked... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Nation Drafts a Development Plan for the Next 50 Years
Fifty years ago when Sierra Leone gained independence after 150 years of colonial rule, with it came a feeling of optimism that along with a newfound control of its governance, the... Read more »
February 1
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Sierra Leone: Govt Launches First Online Mining Database in West Africa
The launch of Sierra Leone's first online mining database in West Africa comes with a promise to increase transparency and accountability in the country's rich natural resource... Read more »
January 20
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Africa: Progress Towards a Food-Secure Africa
A growing number of African countries are making significant progress towards eradicating extreme hunger and poverty. Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and South Africa... Read more »
January 5
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Sierra Leone: The Isolation of Epilepsy Sufferers
Elizabeth Zainab Kargbo was a successful young woman, eight months pregnant and working in Sierra Leone's civil service, when she had her first seizure. Read more »
January 4
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Sierra Leone: Communities Divided Over Mining in Rainforest
Sierra Leone's Gola Rainforest remains a centre of contention as the local community here plan to take their chief to court next week over a controversial 50-year land lease to a... Read more »
November 18, 2011
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West Africa: The Rush for Oil - the New Wild West?
There is a new oil rush off the coast of West Africa. But there are fears that the sector is not sufficiently regulated, and watchdog groups are raising concerns about transparency... Read more »
September 21, 2011
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Sierra Leone: Adding Up the Cost of Education [analysis]
A formal strike of teachers has been averted and pupils in Sierra Leone returned to school on Tuesday, almost a week after the term was meant to officially start. Read more »
September 13, 2011
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Sierra Leone: Child Rights Exist Only On Paper
The six-year-old girl pulls her T-shirt up to show the dozens of pale lines across her back. They are fresh scars from the lashing she received from her caregiver after she lost... Read more »
June 21, 2011
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Sierra Leone: Free Health Care Not Really Free
There is a brief bustle and then a woman wails as the small body is wrapped in cloth and set on a cot by the door of the paediatric ward. Read more »
June 19, 2011
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Sierra Leone: Counterfeit Drugs Flood Market
Bubble-wrapped pills are scattered across the crude table in a busy market beside crumpled boxes of lubricant, paracetamol and anti-fungal powder. Read more »
June 6, 2011
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Sierra Leone: Deforestation Leaves Poor Vulnerable to Landslides
Samuel Weekes remembers when the hills stretching out beyond the heart of Freetown were green. Read more »
May 14, 2011
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Sierra Leone: Promise of More Space for Women in Decision-Making
In Sierra Leone's highly patriarchal society, where institutionalised gender inequalities are exacerbated by discriminatory customs, one group is singing it's way towards changing... Read more »
May 13, 2011
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Sierra Leone: Govt Promise to Involve Women in Governance
In Sierra Leone's highly patriarchal society, where institutionalised gender inequalities are exacerbated by discriminatory customs, one group is singing its way towards changing... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: First Fruit Juice Company Adding Value to Farming
Crate loads of lush ripe mangos are stacked up, a sweet fragrance filling the air. Factory workers wait for their instructions, decked out in protective coats, rubber boots and... Read more »
May 2, 2011
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Sierra Leone: Growing Pains for Local Councils
He was all over the place during the 2008 local council election campaign, but no one's seen the councillor since he won his seat, says Freetown journalist Ismael Bakarr. "He just... Read more »
April 21, 2011
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Sierra Leone: Renewed Commitment to Local Government
The re-establishment of local councils in Sierra Leone in 2004 was intended to give people a greater voice in their government, reversing long years of marginalisation for rural... Read more »
April 4, 2011
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Sierra Leone: Health Officials Plan Strategy on Teenage Pregnancies
On Apr. 5, the United Nations Children's Fund will launch a report on teenage pregnancy in Sierra Leone. Read more »
December 2, 2010
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Sierra Leone: Key to Malaria Prevention
Lucky for Osman Conteh that one of his aunts disagreed with the family consensus that he had been stricken by an evil spirit. She insisted the twitching, incoherently babbling... Read more »
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