US diplomat addresses war crimes Nov 6, 2009
From 2001 to 2009, Rapp served as a U.N.-appointed prosecutor in trials involving the genocide in Rwanda and mass atrocities against civilians in Sierra Leone ... During the prosecutions, the international courts ran into difficulty proving the intentionality and conspiracy of leaders responsible for the atrocities in Rwanda and Sierra Leone due in part to language and culture differences. (Washington University Student Life, MO)
Freed British coup-plotter says he regrets role Nov 4, 2009
Executive Outcomes made millions guarding Angolan oil installations and helping rout rebels in Sierra Leone with brutal actions. But the coup in Equatorial Guinea, a former Spanish colony, unraveled before it even began. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Hoff wins Eleanor Roosevelt award Nov 3, 2009
Not true, Hoff said, citing the startling statement made by tribute speaker, Lisa Madigan, Illinois Attorney General, who told the audience that womens current political representation in governmental leadership roles puts this country behind Sierra Leone, China, and Pakistan. Hoff also whole heartedly concurred with the evenings keynote speaker, Terry ONeill, President of the National Organization for Women, who said, Community organizing is exactly where women need to be. (Forest Republican, WI)
Timeline: Liberia Oct 30, 2009
1999 January - Ghana and Nigeria accuse Liberia of supporting Revolutionary United Front rebels in Sierra Leone ... 2001 February - Liberian government says Sierra Leonean rebel leader Sam Bockarie, also known as Mosquito, has left the country ... 2001 May - UN Security Council reimposes arms embargo to punish Taylor for trading weapons for diamonds from rebels in Sierra Leone. (BBC News -- Africa)
Sierra Leone: New Agriculture Plan Sprouts Oct 30, 2009
com: Sierra Leone: New Agriculture Plan Sprouts (Page 1 of 1) ... Freetown When in power, the Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) promised that thanks to its pursuit of a pro-agriculture agenda, no Sierra Leonean would go to bed hungry by 2007 ... And in September, Sierra Leone became the fifteenth African country to sign a compact in the framework of the Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP). (allAfrica.com)
Why Mo Ibrahim snubbed Kufuor Oct 23, 2009
He had reportedly been in the running for the prestigious prize with the likes of Thabo Mbeki (South Africa), Olusegun Obasanjo (Nigeria) and Ahmed Tejan Kabbah (Sierra Leone). Fortunately, the prize committee, made up of eminent personalities like former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan and former president of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari, has decided that none of them deserves to be rewarded. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
this feature for the Huffington Post. Oct 23, 2009
Target of Political Prosecution By Bush-Era Justice Department Fights Back. What's Your Reaction. (Harper's Magazine)
Guinea: UN Approves Probe Team for Guinea Killings Oct 21, 2009
Countries within the Mano River Union including Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire and of which Guinea is also a member, were most likely to dispatch the first batch of forces to Guinea. Senegal, whose president came to the rescue of Captain Dadis in the early hours of the his military takeover, also said he would send troops to Guinea if such an agreement was reached. (allAfrica.com)
Taylor trial delayed until 2008 Oct 17, 2009
He is accused of responsibility for atrocities committed by rebels during the war in neighbouring Sierra Leone ... Mr Taylor is accused of responsibility for the actions of rebels during the 1991-2001 civil war in Sierra Leone. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
High-level SA delegation visits Al BashirUNAMID in fresh bid to tackle root-causes of Darfur conflictUN worried about increasing LRA attacks in Southern SudanGhana beats Sudan 2-0 in 2010 World Cup qualifier Libya, Somalia review cooperationBurundi sets conditions for keeping soldiers in SomaliaUganda 'regrets' arresting Somali ministerSomali minister's arrest blunder puts Uganda in tight situation DR Congo pays tribute to late popular musician, FrancoDRC journalists demonstrate against insecuritySouth Korea reopens Embassy in DRCBelgian organisation protests detention of Congolese woman, her three children Ivorian Prime Minister urges mutinous soldiers to remain calmGbagbo: "Whoever delays Ivorian elections is a criminal"Gbagbo reaffirms his desire for Ivorian peaceGbagbo signs Ivorian amnesty law ON THE WIRE ECOWAS holds extra-ordinary summit on Guinea, Niger SaturdayAbuja, Nigeria (PANA) - The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)will hold an extra-ordinary summit inAbuja, Nigeria, to discuss the political and security situations in Guinea andNiger Saturday, the ECOWAS Commissionannounced here. 14/10/2009 Full Text... Oct 15, 2009
Saturday's extra-ordinary summit will also consider the report of the ECOWAS Mediation and Security Council, which met in Abuja 24 August 2009, as well as the report of the findings of a four-member ad-hoc ministerial committee led by Nigeria and composed of Benin, Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone, which visited Niger shortly after the Council's deliberations in Abuja. The committee was mandated to work with all political stakeholders in Niger, including the National Council for Dialogue, towards... (Panapress.com)
Trapped In The Past Oct 11, 2009
Our West African neighbours of Liberia and Sierra Leone spent close to ten years or more in wars where boys were made to kill each others parents and made to commit some of the most horrendous crimes ever committed on the face of the earth. People in these countries have successfully made the journey out of this past and today perpetrators and victims alike could talk about the past without bitterness because they understood that they can only get to the future they seek by leaving the past... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Guinea leader 'sorry' for protesters' deaths Oct 1, 2009
- Independence has been marked by military dictatorship, repression, poverty and the knock-on instability of wars fought along Guinea's borders in the 1990s and early 2000s in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Ivory Coast. - Despite mineral wealth, 40 per cent of Guinea's population lives in poverty. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Lack of leadership Sep 25, 2009
In Sierra Leone the tendency is that anyone who leads a party to a defeat at the polls immediately ceases to be its leader. In contrast, in The Gambia there seems to be no such limit imposed either by a party's internal constitution or its electoral fate. (BBC News -- Africa)
Financial crisis is hitting girls hardest - study Sep 22, 2009
These include Mali, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Sudan. It urges national governments to eliminate legal restrictions on girls' right to own, inherit or acquire property and land, to end discriminatory inheritance laws, and to mandate registration of births in order to give girls a crucial legal identity. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Turning up the Heat on Gadget Makers to Bring Peace to Congo Sep 19, 2009
Just like Sierra Leone with diamonds, just like Liberia with diamonds and timber, just like Angola and Savimbi with the diamonds - when you take away or somehow begin to alter the ease with which those guys were able to export illegally high-value commodities and you change the logic of profit from instability to stability from war to peace, then you can stop conflict ... That's what happened in Liberia, and Sierra Leone and Angola. (allAfrica.com)
'Oil discovered' off Sierra Leone Sep 17, 2009
Oil discovered' off Sierra Leone ... A US oil firm has announced the discovery of a deepwater oil well off the coast of Sierra Leone ... Anadarko Petroleum Corporation said it confirmed the existence of an "active petroleum system" in the Sierra Leone-Liberian basin. (BBC News -- Africa)
Senegal battles rising tides Sep 17, 2009
The UN says 100 people have died in the floods, most of them in Sierra Leone. Burkina Faso has also been hard hit. (BBC News -- Africa)
Bagehot : The end of the age of war Sep 12, 2009
First came the 1998 air strikes on Iraq; then Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and Iraq proper (and, since 2006, a much bigger Afghan commitment). British forces have fought in the jungle, fought in the desert, fought in the Hindu Kush and dropped many bombs from the air. (The Economist)
Liberia: Taylor Claims Ignorance Over Arms Flow Sep 1, 2009
Significant shipments of weapons, intended for use by rebels in Sierra Leone's 11-year civil conflict, could have been transported through Liberia without Charles Taylor's knowledge, the accused former Liberian president told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today at his trial in The Hague ... Mr. Taylor was responding to allegations that he transported arms and ammunition from Libya and Burkina Faso for onward transfer to Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels in Sierra Leone ... Mr.... (allAfrica.com)
NDC And NPP: Can't You Get Along Aug 29, 2009
Do the Liberia or Sierra Leone civil wars ring a bell. For one thing, whether NPP or NDC, we all own the same land. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Liberia: Taylor Says, International Community Has Already Made Up its Mind Aug 28, 2009
For almost a decade, the international community has seen Charles Taylor's role as one which fueled Sierra Leone's civil conflict through gun running and drug smuggling, he lamented to Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today ... "They had made up their minds, it really did not matter whatever I did," Mr. Taylor told the judges today when responding to international community allegations against him that he provided support to Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels who waged an 11 years war... (allAfrica.com)
Guinea: The People And Their Military Leaders Aug 25, 2009
2000-01 - Guinean army fights off incursions by rebels at borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone ... 1989 - Conflict in neighbouring Liberia forces thousands to flee into Guinea; between 1989 and 2002 Guinea would receive some 750,000 refugees from the wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone, thousands more from C te d'Ivoire after that country's 2002 rebellion. (allAfrica.com)
Akwatia Re-Run: the Lies, Inconsistencies,Misinformation and Misrepresentation. Aug 20, 2009
Very many Ghanaians were massacred in Sierra Leone, but all that we got was a little compensation for only six of the victims and the NDC is taking credit for a process which was initiated by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo under the NPP administration. The NDC has made political issue of the unfortunate death of Issa Mobila and the Ya Na and some of this followers. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Liberia: Country Still Faces Security Challenges, Says UN Aug 18, 2009
"I am particularly concerned that drug trafficking could trigger further destabilization," he says, noting a similar threat to Liberia's troubled neighbours, Sierra Leone and C te d'Ivoire. "The claim made by the ruling military authority in Guinea, regarding possible attacks by armed elements based in neighbouring countries, raises the spectre of renewed regional conflict. "The presence of armed Liberian combatants with uncertain intentions in neighbouring countries also remains a serious cause... (allAfrica.com)
What the West needs in Afghanistan: humility Aug 18, 2009
Undeterred, the international formula for fixing failed states from Afghanistan to Sierra Leone is largely the same a local political solution (often internationally brokered) followed by dollops of aid, often delivered by the only agency willing and capable of operating in such environments: the (foreign) military. That institution, however, deflects focus from the political framework required for long-term change, stability, and prosperity. (Christian Science Monitor)
U.S. Military Held War Games on Nigeria, Somalia Aug 15, 2009
These countries include Algeria, Botswana, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Morocco, Namibia, S;o Tom;, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tunisia, Uganda, and Zambia. We can only wonder what Barack Obama thought of the war game and what lessons he learned from General Casey's briefing. (allAfrica.com)
Clinton shows support in Liberia visit Aug 14, 2009
Taylor is now on trial for war crimes committed in neighboring Sierra Leone. Sirleaf, who was elected in 2005, has apologized and said the money she sent while an expatriate was meant for humanitarian services and that she was never a member of Taylor's group. (MSNBC -- International)
Clinton takes good governance message to Nigeria Aug 12, 2009
Carson said that the United States had a "very good relationship" with Nigeria over recent years and hailed the country's increasingly active regional profile, including efforts to stabilise Sierra Leone and Liberia. "Despite our close relationship, Nigeria faces a number of major challenges," Carson said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
RE: Religion, Politics And Ethnicity-1 Jul 30, 2009
Let us live in PEACE. Just look around us from Togo, Cote Divoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone, we Ghanaians are JEWELS. If you have a second part, dont hesitate to write, but write with FACTS. I will also urge all those who commented on Opares article not to insult, but respect his lies and refute it with facts. Remember Mother Ghana is the only country we have. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Nigeria: Obama's Sermon in Accra [editorial] Jul 25, 2009
The American CIA spy agency is known to have installed and propped up dictators like Congo's Mobuto Sese-seko, and then murder of the elected Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba; and Liberia's Charles Taylor, in spite of documented evidence that he was fuelling the civil war in neighbouring Sierra Leone; sustaining apartheid in South Africa; supporting murderous movements like Jonas Savimbi's UNITA in Angola; even Ghana was a secret CIA listening before it was exposed and station dismantled; there... (allAfrica.com)
Liberia: Fighters Were Recruited By Sierra Leone Army, Says Taylor Jul 24, 2009
com: Liberia: Taylor Says Liberian Fighters in Sierra Leone Were Recruited By The Sierra Leone Army (Page 1 of 1) ... Liberia: Taylor Says Liberian Fighters in Sierra Leone Were Recruited By The Sierra Leone Army ... Liberian nationals who fought in Sierra Leone during the civil conflict were recruited by the Sierra Leone army, Charles Taylor told judges at the Special Court for Sierra Leone today. (allAfrica.com)
Failed state? Jul 23, 2009
Is Sierra Leone now a stronger state than its one-time saviour Nigeria ... Ironically, Nigeria has to look up the ladder at Sierra Leone and Liberia, two countries she spared no expense of life, limb and hard currency to bring out of civil wars to restore to democracy ... Having said that, I would like to say that to compare Nigeria with countries like Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone etc is insulting and shows how this analysis is skewed towards disgracing our country. (BBC News -- Africa)
Africa: Obama Moves the Motion for a Second Independence Jul 18, 2009
Apart from South Africa, Botswana, Namibia - and recently war-torn Sierra Leone - the democratic deficit everywhere else is really disgraceful. Elections where and when they are held follow the same pattern. (allAfrica.com)
Europe to Help Arrest Kenya's Election Violence Suspects Jul 17, 2009
She only said: "It would not be different from the one that has been offered for other countries such as Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sierra Leone or even Yugoslavia.". In the case of those countries, EU member states arrested suspects, froze their foreign bank accounts or denied suspects entry visas to various EU countries. (allAfrica.com)
Safety Key in Child's Bath Time Jul 14, 2009
Safety Key in Child's Bath Time - The Early Show - CBS News. We've updated CBSNews. (CBS News -- Early Show)
List Of Charges Against Liberia's Ex-leader Taylor Jul 14, 2009
(AP) Prosecutors at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone have accused former Liberian President Charles Taylor of arming and leading rebels in 1996-2002 and being "part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against the civilian population." ... Its 2003 indictment, amended in 2006, says Taylor either oversaw or failed to prevent Sierra Leone's brutal Revolutionary United Force rebel forces from committing war crimes and crimes against humanity ... Acts of Terrorism, for... (CBS News -- World)
Click to read:Taylor: War Crimes Case Based on "Lies" Jul 14, 2009
Former Liberian Leader Takes Stand in Hague, Blasts Charges that He Fueled Violence in Sierra Leone Civil War ... Former Liberian President Charles Taylor is seen at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, Netherlands, July 13, 2009 ... (CBS/AP) Charles Taylor has begun his defense against charges he led rebels in Sierra Leone who murdered, raped and mutilated villagers. (CBS News -- 60 minutes II)
Obama's 'tough love' for Africa Jul 14, 2009
Along the West African coast, the Sierra Leone People's Party was voted out of power in 2007 amid growing anger at government corruption. The election worked because the National Electoral Commission headed by Christiana Thorpe was strong and did not buckle under pressure to fix the vote. (BBC News -- Americas)
Billboards with message 'Ghana adores you' greet Obama on tour Jul 12, 2009
And Sierra Leone plans to broadcast the speech at more than 500 cinemas. ACCRA, Ghana -- From taxi drivers to politicians, Ghanaians reveled Saturday in the first visit of an African-American president to sub-Saharan Africa. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
Kenya: Why Annan Acted on Post-Polls Violence Jul 11, 2009
According to the government brief, accepting the suspects to be tried at the Hague would be an acknowledgement that Kenya is a failed state similar to Liberia, Sierra Leone and Democratic Republic of Congo. The government is said to have wanted the trials to be done locally to safeguard Kenya's sovereignty and built confidence in it globally. (allAfrica.com)
African welcome Jul 9, 2009
TEJAN KOROMA, KAMBIA, SIERRA LEONE ... Most Sierra Leoneans were overjoyed when President Obama won the election. (BBC News -- Africa)
Sirleaf 'sorry' she backed Taylor Jul 7, 2009
He is accused of responsibility for the actions of Revolutionary United Front rebels during the 1991-2001 civil war in Sierra Leone, which included unlawful killings, sexual slavery, use of child soldiers and looting. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Africa)
Country profile: Liberia Jul 7, 2009
Liberia is Africa's oldest republic, but it became better known in the 1990s for its long-running, ruinous civil war and its role in a rebellion in neighbouring Sierra Leone ... A ban on timber exports was lifted in 2006 International: 15,000 UN peacekeepers are in place; ex-president Charles Taylor is on trial in The Hague for alleged war crimes for supporting rebels in Sierra Leone; Liberian refugees are scattered across the region ... Meanwhile Ghana, Nigeria and others accused Mr Taylor of... (BBC News -- Africa)
Profile: Liberia's 'Iron Lady' Jul 7, 2009
Some are wary of her because of her previous support for Mr Taylor - currently facing 17 charges of war crimes for his alleged ties to rebels in neighbouring Sierra Leone. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf (centre, back) was dwarfed by party officials during campaigning. (BBC News -- Africa)
Liberia's Taylor trial adjourned Jul 6, 2009
He is accused of backing rebels in Sierra Leone in an 11-year campaign that killed thousand of civilians ... Mr Taylor has been indicted on 11 charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and violations of international humanitarian law over his alleged role in the brutal civil war in Sierra Leone ... 1989: Launches rebellion 1991: RUF rebellion starts in Sierra Leone 1995: Peace deal signed 1997: Elected president 1999: Liberia's Lurd rebels start insurrection to oust Taylor June 2003: Arrest... (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
For former Khmer Rouge prisoners, reparations are key to justice Jul 4, 2009
(To read about what's happened in Sierra Leone and Guatemala, click here. During Khmer Rouge rule between 1975 and 1979, about 2 million Cambodians, or a quarter of the population, died from starvation, disease, torture, and execution. (Christian Science Monitor)
International criminal courts: no precedent for individual reparations Jul 4, 2009
Cases in Sierra Leone and Guatemala offer some guidance ... The thousands who were raped and maimed in Sierra Leone's 11-year civil war, which ended in 2002, are now registering with the government's National Commission for Social Action to receive money as well as education and health-care benefits to compensate for their loss. (Christian Science Monitor)
Liberia Commission Recommends Warlord Prosecution Jul 3, 2009
Taylor, who launched the 1989 invasion, is on trial at The Hague, accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in neighboring Sierra Leone. The Liberian commission recommended that he and seven other former warlords be prosecuted for offenses including "human rights violations, violations of international humanitarian law, international human rights laws, war crimes, egregious domestic economic crimes," the report said. (CBS News -- World)
Liberia: Representative Warns Against Prosecuting Former Warlords Jul 1, 2009
I've warned that unless the TRC nip the idea of the silly kind of the failed Sierra Leone type International criminal court system charade ,Liberia stands at the brink of another calamity. The Western concept has always failed to import from our past history and their traditional dis-stabilising role in africa when initiating policies. (allAfrica.com)
African roots Jun 29, 2009
Civil rights leader Andrew Young traced his lineage to the Mende people of Sierra Leone and is also believed to be a distant relative of one of the leaders of the 1839 Amistad slave ship mutiny ... Purchasing a townhouse in the Ghanaian capital Accra or a commercial property in Sierra Leone's Freetown feels less implausible. (BBC News)
Blood diamond scheme 'is failing' Jun 25, 2009
The campaigner noted there was significant illicit cross-border movement of precious stones between Sierra Leone and Guinea ... The Kimberley Process emerged from global outrage over conflicts in countries like Liberia and Sierra Leone, largely funded by the plundering of diamond resources. (BBC News -- Business)
West Africa: Ecowas Targets 2020 for Single Currency Jun 24, 2009
WAMZ consists of five countries - Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria and Sierra Leone - while the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) is a group of eight West African countries, which share a common currency, the "CFA Franc". UEMOA was created in 1994 by Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo and Guinea-Bissau. (allAfrica.com)
ECOWAS to pay G'Bissau troops, shifts single currency date Jun 23, 2009
" Chambas said that without the strengthening of the regional integration process, confronting the global economic meltdown would be impossible for any member-state. Besides Nigeria, the Presidents and Heads of Governments of Togo, Mali, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin Republic are attending the summit while Niger, Sierra Leone, Cape Verde and Guinea sent their Vice Presidents. In an 18-point statement issued at the end of its meeting at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, WAMZ... (Guardian News, Nigeria)
Sierra Leone: Wave of Violence Or Wake-Up Call? [analysis] Jun 19, 2009
com: Sierra Leone: Wave of Violence Or Wake-Up Call ... Sierra Leone: Wave of Violence Or Wake-Up Call ... Recent rioting and violence in Freetown and the east of Sierra Leone has brought into focus the fragility of the post-conflict peace, held in place since 2002, writes Lisa Denney. (allAfrica.com)
Call to close genocide loophole Jun 16, 2009
The Aegis Trust says it suspects alleged war criminals from Afghanistan, Sudan, Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka may be present in the UK.. They include a lieutenant colonel from the Soviet-era Afghan government's secret police, Khad, and an alleged Tamil Tiger assassination hit squad driver. (BBC News -- UK)
* World News Quick Take Jun 16, 2009
SIERRA LEONE Hoses used to fight cobras. Power hoses and AK-47 assault rifles have succeeded where snake-charmers failed by removing 400 cobras and vipers that overran a police station. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Sports)
View: Obama snubs Nigeria? Jun 16, 2009
" 'Giant of Africa'As the discussion or, more appropriately, the lecture went on, I found that the former career diplomat's discomfiture was caused, not by the apparent snub of "the Giant of Africa", as Nigerians love to describe their country, but by what he concluded was the death of Nigeria's foreign service. As far as my respected friend was concerned the government had declared the foreign service redundant. Nigeria has intervened in regional conflicts in Sierra Leone and Liberia "That... (BBC News -- Africa)
Guns, not charm, expel snakes from police station Jun 16, 2009
FREETOWN (Reuters) Power hoses and AK-47 assault rifles have succeeded where Sierra Leone's snake-charmers failed by removing 400 cobras and vipers that overran a police station ... Sierra Leone is slowly recovering from the effects of the 1991-2002 civil war and villagers frequently have run-ins with wild animals in areas of the country that were deserted during the years of fighting. (Yahoo News)
Taylor trial delayed until 2008 Jun 3, 2009
He is accused of responsibility for atrocities committed by rebels during the war in neighbouring Sierra Leone ... Mr Taylor is accused of responsibility for the actions of rebels during the 1991-2001 civil war in Sierra Leone. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
Election of District, Municipal, Metropolitan Chief Executives advocated May 29, 2009
Mr. Baffour said all countries such as Sierra Leone that adopted Ghana's decentralization process were making progress while Ghana was failing in the practice. He called on the media, Ghanaians and other stakeholders to help salvage the local governance system before it collapsed totally. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
In Somalia, African Union takes the offensive in information war May 28, 2009
Bwakira says he is "absolutely optimistic and confident" that the mission will reach full strength, with pledges from Sierra Leone and Malawi sure to materialize. Typical deployment time for a battalion of United Nations peacekeepers is nine to 12 months, but because of their "commitment," AU countries may be able to deploy faster, he says. (Christian Science Monitor)
Sebutinde Starts Trial of Taylor May 22, 2009
Mr Taylor is accused of arming a rebel group in neighbouring Sierra Leone that killed, raped and maimed thousands ... It is being conducted in a special chamber of the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone sitting in The Hague, Netherlands ... "I cannot take part in this charade that does injustice to the people of Liberia and to the people of Sierra Leone," Mr Taylor's letter said. (Yahoo News -- Liberia)
Macedonia guerrillas win seats May 22, 2009
20 Dec 2001: Despite Tony Blair's fondness for military interventions (Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Macedonia and now Afghanistan) it may be some consolation that the government is planning to pump more resources into resolving conflicts before they start. 26 Jul 2001. (Yahoo News -- Macedonia)
Rawlings' Speech At Oxford May 20, 2009
The war in Liberia was linked in so many ways to the war in Sierra Leone and both countries traded accusations over what each other was doing to destabilise her government. Regional stability is thus crucial and a permanent machinery to either prevent or manage conflict hence the initial idea for ECOMOG.. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
US alarmed at Eritrea 'arms link' May 16, 2009
AU force in Somalia (Amisom) was mandated in January 2007 Supposed to be 8,000-strong but currently has only 4,300 troops Comprised of soldiers from Uganda and Burundi Sierra Leone has offered battalion, which would take force over 5,000 Restricted by security situation to operations in Mogadishu. Somalia's President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed has appealed to Islamist insurgents to negotiate as intermittent fighting continued for an eighth day in the capital, Mogadishu. (BBC News -- Africa)
