Eightyears after a civil war in Sierra Leone that became notorious for theextent of rape and violence committed against civilians, social workersfear...

Sierra Leone ALERT: Opposition radio station shut down

Unity Radio, a station run by the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), was on May 8, 2008 shut down on the orders of the Minister of Information and...

Sierra Leone ALERT: Newspaper risks legal action for defaming President

The Press Secretary to State House, Sheka Tarawally, on May 6, 2008, threatened New Vision, an independent Freetown-based newspaper, with legal...

UTG 9 in scholarly research seminar

Nine students of the University of The Gambia (UTG), have been selected to attend Scholarly Writing and Research Methodology Workshop in Freetown,...

SIERRA LEONE: Maternity hospital is “last resort”

Two babies and several gaunt women are the only patients in the gloomy wards of the Princess Christian Maternity Hospital in Freetown. The hospital...

SIERRA LEONE: Most prisoners have not been tried - survey

Over half the prisoners in Sierra Leone’s jails have not been sentenced, according to recently released survey data from the Sierra Leonean human...

Sister Rugiatu Kanu, a midwife in Sierra Leone. “We lack everything”

Sierra Leone has one of the highest levels of maternal mortality in the world. Among the myriad problems mothers there face is a lack of skilled,...

OBITUARY NOTICE

The families of Mr Okes Roberts, Mrs Avis Manga, the Roberts family, Mrs Nancy Johnson and family regret to announce the death ofMrs Lucy Elizabeth...

SIERRA LEONE: Government probes unrest in diamond-mining area

The Sierra Leone government has called for an inquiry into unrest over diamond-mining operations in the east of the country after residents were...

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