News Topic - Sierra Leone
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S Leone pledges cocaine crackdown
Sierra Leone's president promises to get tough with drug traffickers targeting West Africa.
BBC News – Jul 22, 2008 10:49 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Sierra Leone's president promises to get tough with drug traffickers targeting West Africa.
BBC News – Jul 22, 2008 10:49 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Sierra Leone FA boss seeks truce
Sierra Leone FA boss Nahim Khadi calls on his opponents to work together for the good of the game in the country.
BBC News – Jul 20, 2008 11:53 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Sierra Leone FA boss Nahim Khadi calls on his opponents to work together for the good of the game in the country.
BBC News – Jul 20, 2008 11:53 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Trying Sudanese President Poses Unique Challenges
The International Criminal Court has charged Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir with genocide in Darfur. Stephen Rapp, prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, explains the challenges of trying government leaders for their actions in office.
NPR.org – Jul 17, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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The International Criminal Court has charged Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir with genocide in Darfur. Stephen Rapp, prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, explains the challenges of trying government leaders for their actions in office.
NPR.org – Jul 17, 2008 4:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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UN peacebuilding funding approved for Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone
New projects and financing from the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) - which seeks to help countries emerging from conflict to avoid slipping back into war - have been approved for both Côte d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone, it was announced today.
UN News Centre – Jul 17, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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New projects and financing from the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) - which seeks to help countries emerging from conflict to avoid slipping back into war - have been approved for both Côte d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone, it was announced today.
UN News Centre – Jul 17, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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The Roots: 'Rising Down' May Be Their Best Yet
The new album from the Philadelphia hip-hop band The Roots contains verses from the perspective of a child soldier in Sierra Leone, a campus shooter in America, and those in the grip of addictions. Rising Down may be the group's best album.
NPR.org – Jul 14, 2008 8:46 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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The new album from the Philadelphia hip-hop band The Roots contains verses from the perspective of a child soldier in Sierra Leone, a campus shooter in America, and those in the grip of addictions. Rising Down may be the group's best album.
NPR.org – Jul 14, 2008 8:46 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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S Leone police arrest drug crew
Police in Sierra Leone arrest six people over the seizure of a plane loaded with cocaine.
BBC News – Jul 14, 2008 09:26 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Police in Sierra Leone arrest six people over the seizure of a plane loaded with cocaine.
BBC News – Jul 14, 2008 09:26 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Taylor trial at UN-backed court a model for international justice, says Prosecutor
The Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), which is trying former Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity, says many commentators refer to the court as a model for international justice.
UN News Centre – Jul 14, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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The Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), which is trying former Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity, says many commentators refer to the court as a model for international justice.
UN News Centre – Jul 14, 2008 05:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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'Walter Mitty' soldier's Facebook bragging exposed
A soldier who boasted on Facebook that he had served with the SAS and killed more than 100 people has resigned from the army after he was exposed as a fantasist by genuine soldiers. Jim McAuley bragged that he had been a paratrooper at the battle of Goose Green during the Falklands war and claimed to have been the second SAS man on the balcony during the London Iranian Embassy siege 27 years ago. He also claimed that he had spent time in Afghanistan: "I did a spell with the boys in black but can't really say too much." He boasted that he had taken out two enemy machine gun emplacements in the first Gulf war and was involved in the rescue of captured Irish Rangers in Sierra Leone. In fact, he used to serve in the Army Catering Corps and for many years organised local poppy collections in Chorley for the Royal British Legion. In recent years he had been training cadets at the Lancashire Army Cadet Force in Preston. He was forced to apologise and quit his job after admitting his claims of being in the Paras and SAS were lies. He was caught out after serving soldiers sent him messages posing as a woman, Jenny Gilbert. They threatened to expose him and he backed down after they sent a message demanding an apology. One of the soldiers told McAuley on an Army blog: "We ... take a very dim view of people like yourself who try to live off the glory of these actions, especially given that we have lost many good comrades who were involved in them. "It is our experience that people such as yourself (we term them as Walter Mitties) once caught tend to lay low for a while then surface somewhere else. We will be watching, of that have no doubt." McAuley, who is married with an adult son, apologised in a local newspaper.
The Guardian – Jul 8, 2008 11:02 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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A soldier who boasted on Facebook that he had served with the SAS and killed more than 100 people has resigned from the army after he was exposed as a fantasist by genuine soldiers. Jim McAuley bragged that he had been a paratrooper at the battle of Goose Green during the Falklands war and claimed to have been the second SAS man on the balcony during the London Iranian Embassy siege 27 years ago. He also claimed that he had spent time in Afghanistan: "I did a spell with the boys in black but can't really say too much." He boasted that he had taken out two enemy machine gun emplacements in the first Gulf war and was involved in the rescue of captured Irish Rangers in Sierra Leone. In fact, he used to serve in the Army Catering Corps and for many years organised local poppy collections in Chorley for the Royal British Legion. In recent years he had been training cadets at the Lancashire Army Cadet Force in Preston. He was forced to apologise and quit his job after admitting his claims of being in the Paras and SAS were lies. He was caught out after serving soldiers sent him messages posing as a woman, Jenny Gilbert. They threatened to expose him and he backed down after they sent a message demanding an apology. One of the soldiers told McAuley on an Army blog: "We ... take a very dim view of people like yourself who try to live off the glory of these actions, especially given that we have lost many good comrades who were involved in them. "It is our experience that people such as yourself (we term them as Walter Mitties) once caught tend to lay low for a while then surface somewhere else. We will be watching, of that have no doubt." McAuley, who is married with an adult son, apologised in a local newspaper.
The Guardian – Jul 8, 2008 11:02 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Slum clinic diary
Sierra Leone medic tells of hunger due to high food prices
BBC News – Jul 8, 2008 11:54 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Sierra Leone medic tells of hunger due to high food prices
BBC News – Jul 8, 2008 11:54 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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Plate With A View: Bureh Beach, Sierra Leone
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The Independent – Jun 27, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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The Independent – Jun 27, 2008 11:00 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
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