Sierra Leone

West Africa: Governments Turn Against Media, Nigerian Killed

allafrica.com     yesterday          

Paul Abayomi Ogundeji, an editorial board member of the Lagos-based daily "ThisDay", was shot dead on 17 August 2008 in a Lagos suburb while driving home. Nigerian police say unidentified armed robbers who had earlier...                    

RIGHTS-SIERRA LEONE: Activists Will Accept Only Full Abolition

ipsnews.net     yesterday          

FREETOWN, Aug 28 (IPS) - Sierra Leonean rights activists have served notice on the government that they will campaign against any attempt to retain the death penalty in the new constitution and insist the recommendations...                    

Hon Nyang Attends Ecowas Parliamentary Forum

allafrica.com     yesterday          

Hon Haddy Nyang Jagne, the National Assembly member (NAM) for Jeshwang constituency, recently returned from an ECOWAS parliamentary committee meeting on communication and information technology held in Freetown, Sierra...                    

Death-row soldiers turn to AI

news24.com     yesterday          

Freetown - Ten death-row prisoners in Sierra Leone who are waiting for their appeal to be heard called on human rights watchdog Amnesty International on Wednesday to intervene on their behalf. "These men are under the...                    

African Muslims love Bush and America (Gallup poll)

freerepublic.com     yesterday          

When asked in 2007 whether they approved of the job performance of the leadership of the United States, strong majorities of self-identified Muslims in Sierra Leone, Mali, Senegal, and Guinea said they did approve. In...                    

Sierra Leone: Commission Launches First Human Rights Report

allafrica.com     Aug 28, 2008   3 related          

Posted to the web 28 August 2008 Mohamed Fofanah Freetown A barefoot girl watches expressionless as men clad in expensive suits and women in designer clothes make their way on foot to the Community Centre in Kroo Bay,...                    

Liberian ex-warlord dodges questions at hearing

theconservativevoice.com     Aug 28, 2008   9 related          

Liberian ex-warlord dodges questions at hearing G7 countries condemn Russia's actions in Georgia Israeli peace pioneer Abie Nathan dies at 81 A former Liberian warlord whose drugged fighters once appeared on camera holding...                    

Sierra Leone: Activists Cry Foul Over Mining Policy

allafrica.com     Aug 27, 2008   2 related          

Posted to the web 27 August 2008 Lansana Fofana Freetown In December 2007, unrest broke out in the diamond mining region of Kono in the east, between kimberlite mining corporation Koidu Holdings and locals in the lease...                    

Magistrate to Rule on P17 Million Fraud Case

allafrica.com     Aug 27, 2008   1 related          

Gaborone Village Chief Magistrate, Lot Moroka, is expected to deliver a ruling tomorrow on whether to grant or deny bail to two suspects who have been remanded in custody in connection with P17 million fraud at Central...                    

SLPP in Trouble - Party Property to Be Confiscated

allafrica.com     Aug 27, 2008          

A law court in Sierra Leone will soon entertain a case filed by Sierra Leone Commercial Bank against the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) for failing to meet up stipulated financial obligations if rumour going around...                    

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