Sierra Leone, Africa

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SIERRA LEONE: Fighting gender bias ahead of elections

IRIN

Monday, February 26, 2007

With general and presidential elections looming in July, women’s rights groups in Sierra Leone are battling what they say is deep seated...

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SIERRA LEONE: War crimes indictee’s death is blow to Special Court

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IRIN

Friday, February 23, 2007

Sam Hinga Norman, the leader of the local civil defence militia that helped defeat the rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) during the 1991 to 2001...

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SIERRA LEONE: Mining inspires hope, poses challenges

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IRIN

Sunday, January 07, 2007

Bent over and knee deep in murky brown water, Abrahim Conteh scoops up another pile of gravel with his sieve and shakes it in a circular motion,...

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UNICEF welcomes special court ruling establishing child recruitment a 'war crime'

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UNICEF

Monday, December 11, 2006

The Special Court for Sierra Leone recently ruled that the recruitment or use of children under age 15 in hostilities is a war crime under customary...

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SIERRA LEONE: Seeking permanent base for regional peacekeeping

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IRIN

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is holding a two-day donors conference here on funding the establishment of a permanent base...

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SIERRA LEONE: Women prospectors find steady income

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IRIN

Friday, September 22, 2006

Isata Kamara never imagined herself as a gold miner in Koidu, Sierra Leone’s diamondiferous eastern province. Before the civil war erupted in 1991,...

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