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  • November 9
  • Leadership Nigeria: CBN Disowns Nigerian Banks in Sierra Leone

    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 ...

  • November 6
  • CharlesTaylorTrial.org Liberia: Taylor Accuses Britain of Violating UN Arms Embargo

    Charles Taylor today accused Britain of transporting arms to Sierra Leone in violation of a United Nations arms embargo on the country, and of using him as a scapegoat by falsely accusing him of responsibility for the flow of arms into the country. Mr. Taylor also denied widespread press and investigative reports that the terrorist group, Al Qaeda, traded diamonds with Sierra Leonean rebels under ...

  • November 5
  • CharlesTaylorTrial.org Liberia: Taylor Denies Ordering Execution of Rebel Commander

    Charles Taylor did not order the execution of Sierra Leonean rebel commander Sam Bockarie, but rather sent his former vice president Moses Blah to arrest him on the Liberian border with Ivory Coast, the accused former Liberian president told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges in The Hague today.

  • Concord Sierra Leone: Presidential Embarrassment as Diplomat Goes Berserk [opinion]

    How many times must the pres­i­dent of Sierra Leone face media embar­rass­ment because of the lunacy of some of those he appoints as his country's rep­re­sen­ta­tives abroad? What are the tenets of Diplo­matic appoint­ments?

  • Concord Sierra Leone: Israel in Diplomatic Ties With Salone

    A high-powered delegation from the Israeli embassy in Dakar, Senegal was in the country for a two-week working visit to the government and people of Sierra Leone.

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  • Concord Sierra Leone: Parliament Re-Elects Deputy Speaker

    Members of the house of parliament of Sierra Leone have re-elected Honourable Chukuma V. Johnson of the All Peoples Congress, APC as deputy speaker of parliament, second time in a row.

  • Concord Sierra Leone: Chiefs Back Chieftaincy Reform in Salone

    Paramount chiefs in Sierra Leone are not against the reformation of the chieftaincy system even in tradition but the approach should not be one-sided, said PC Alhaji Issa B. Kamara.

  • Concord Sierra Leone: 'SLPP is Dubious'...says Deputy Minister

    Deputy minister of labor and industrial relations, who was one time member of the two opposition parties in the country, has accused the Sierra Leone People's Party, SLPP of stage-managing the aborted youth election in Pujehun district, south of Sierra Leone.

  • Concord Sierra Leone: Obreh Scoop Flying Bahco' Trophy"

    Sierra Leone and Willem II defender, Ibrahim Kargbo aka Obreh has scooped the "Flying Bahco Trophy after their match against Dutch rival, NEC. The prize was from the Foundation saved Tools.

  • Concord Sierra Leone: Leone Stars to Face Senegal in CHAN

    The Sierra Leone national team, Leone Stars would now face Senegal in the second rounds of the Africa home base championship, CHAN.

  • Concord Sierra Leone: System Review Commence At Works Ministry

    Public sector reform unit, PSRU in collaboration with the human resource management office has commenced a review of the management, systems and processes of the ministry of works, housing and Infrastructure.

  • Concord Sierra Leone: Pado Educate Students On HIV/Aids, Child Rights

    A community based organization, peacock farm awareness and development organization in collaboration with goal Sierra Leone has ended a quiz competition and sensitization forum for over ten schools.

  • Concord Sierra Leone: Women Councilors Return From Confab

    Ten women from the council of women councilors have returned home after attending a three-day conference at Indaba Hotel in Johannesburg, South Africa on the theme "Women in Politics".

  • Concord Sierra Leone: Bank Governor Receives Commendation

    Governor of the bank of Sierra Leone has received commendation from his Nigerian counterpart for his effort in stabilizing the country's economy even at the wake of the global financial crisis.

  • Concord Sierra Leone: Health Ministry On 'Life Support'

    State House yesterday issued a press release announcing the abrupt dismissal of the minister of health and sanitation by the president after he was arrested by the anti-corruption commission, ACC for almost killing the ministry.

  • Daily Trust Nigeria: British Politician Praises Abacha

    Shakespeare's dictum that all the good things that people do are buried with them was disproved in London at the 11th Gathering of Africa's Best (GAB) awards when the late general Sani Abacha was almost made a saint by a British politician, Mr Mackie Sheik.

  • November 4
  • IPS Sierra Leone: New Dawn for Small Farmers?

    They call her "Marie Nerica", after a new breed of rice.

  • Nation Sierra Leone: Taylor Admits Aiding Rebels

    Former Liberia President Charles Taylor who is being tried by the UN-back court for Sierra Leone in The Hague for crimes he allegedly committed in the neighbouring country, has confessed to sending fighters to help rebels inflict mayhem on civilians during the 11-year war in the country.

  • CharlesTaylorTrial.org Liberia: Taylor Confirms Testimony of Ex-Vice President

    In a surprising move, Charles Taylor today reinforced the truthfulness of his former vice president's testimony against him last year, but dismissed the evidence of a Liberian journalist as full of "lies" and "exaggeration."

  • CharlesTaylorTrial.org Liberia: Talyor Accuses Prosecution for 'Misleading' Special Court

    Charles Taylor today accused the prosecution of "misleading the court" by introducing evidence that as Liberian president, Mr. Taylor acted to resolve conflicts between Sierra Leone's rebel commanders, appoint a chief rebel leader in his warring neighboring country, and then independently offer safe haven in Liberia to a top rebel on the run. Mr. Taylor is on trial by the Special Court for Sierra ...

  • November 3
  • Peace Corps Press Office Sierra Leone: Peace Corps Returns to the Country [press release]

    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 ...

  • November 2
  • Commonwealth Sierra Leone: Anti-Corruption Prosecutor Cracks Down on Fraudsters

    For three years, children attending a private school for the blind in Sierra Leone's capital were forced onto the streets to beg for food. As well as being allowed to go hungry, their coughs, colds, cuts and bruises were also left untreated as the school funds were no longer channelled into looking after their well-being.

  • UN News Sierra Leone: Sierra Leonean Judge Elected Head of UN-Backed War Crimes Tribunal

    A Sierra Leonean judge has taken over as the new President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), the United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal set up to deal with the worst acts committed during the long and brutal civil war in the West African nation.

  • New Times Rwanda: Tribunal Under Spotlight As Sierra Leone Convicts Arrive

    The decision not to transfer to Rwanda suspects and convicts from International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), has once again put the tribunal under spotlight as a fellow UN court sends in convicts to serve their sentences in the country.

  • UN News Sierra Leone: Eight Men Found Guilty of War Crimes Transferred to Rwanda

    Eight men found guilty by a United Nations-backed court of war crimes and crimes against humanity during Sierra Leone's brutal decade-long civil war have been transferred to Rwanda to serve their sentences.

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