The former Liberian President Charles Taylor who was convicted last month for aiding and abetting Sierra Leone's civil war will on Wednesday be allowed to speak during his ... Read more »
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and her Sierra Leonean counterpart Ernest Bai Koroma have pledged to strengthen and expand relations during the latter's visit to Monrovia. Read more »
Since the conviction of Charles Taylor on war crimes and crimes against humanity charges, there has been an outpouring of comment on its importance for Africa and the world. ... Read more »
The guilty verdict handed down against former Liberian president Charles Taylor by the Special Court for Sierra Leone "is of enormous historical and legal significance", the United ... Read more »
The outgoing United Nations peace mission head has called on politicians to put the country's interests ahead of their own political ambitions. This comes amid reports of weapons ... Read more »
Sierra Leone is instituting major reforms to its education system after the country reported some of the poorest academic results in West Africa. Read more »
Valentine Strasser, the young army officer who seized power in 1992, now lives with his mother in a slum in Freetown and is reported to be very depressed as he turns to ... Read more »
In spite of its mineral wealth the country remains severely underdeveloped, but plans for change are in the offing with the government's 50-year development plan. Read more »
The launch of the country'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 »
The Gola Rainforest remains a centre of contention as the local community plans to take their chief to court over a controversial 50-year land lease to a UK mining company. Read more »
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