Sierra Leone NewsNews on Sierra Leone continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.Cocaine trafficking in West Africa approaching crisis point- August 14, 2008 Commentary on the news, culture, sports and current events of sub-Saharan Africa from someone who's lived there.http://www.topix.net/world/sierra-leone/2008/08/cocaine-trafficking-in-west-africa-approac... Traci Elliott column: Some of best summer adventures are off beaten path- August 12, 2008 Here it comes! The school supplies are out, and summer is threatening to wind down.http://www.topix.net/world/sierra-leone/2008/08/traci-elliott-column-some-of-best-summer-a... Disarmament complete in Sierra Leone, parties declare at UN-backed meeting- August 10, 2008 The Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front today formally declared their disarmament process complete, according to the United Nations Mission in the country .http://www.topix.net/world/sierra-leone/2008/08/disarmament-complete-in-sierra-leone-parti... Sierra Leone: Hell for Civil Servants- August 9, 2008 The president has told a ceremony marking the transformation of the establishment secretary's office to a human resource management office in Freetown that there would be no sacred cow in an apparently weak ...http://www.topix.net/world/sierra-leone/2008/08/sierra-leone-hell-for-civil-servants?fromr... Sierra Leone: Former Rebel Commanders Awaiting Judgment- August 8, 2008 Final arguments in the lengthy trial of three former commanders of the Revolutionary United Front have ended in Freetown, making way for judgment which is expected by the end of this year.http://www.topix.net/world/sierra-leone/2008/08/sierra-leone-former-rebel-commanders-await... Police question sacked Sierra Leonean Minister- August 7, 2008 The police in Sierra Lene have questioned the country's sacked Transport and Aviation Minister Kemoh Sesay over the landing in the country of a Venezuelan plane that was carrying 703kg of cocaine 13 July.http://www.topix.net/world/sierra-leone/2008/08/police-question-sacked-sierra-leonean-mini... Harvest of Shame: Former Sierra Leonean Ruler Valentine Strasser- August 6, 2008 Valentine Esegragbo Melvin Strasser was born on April 26, 1967, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, where he attended the Church Missionary Society Grammar School up to the sixth form, postsecondary level.http://www.topix.net/world/sierra-leone/2008/08/harvest-of-shame-former-sierra-leonean-rul... Sierra Leone: A New Era of Reform- August 5, 2008 Sierra Leone has made much progress since the civil war ended in 2002, but a number of social and economic time bombs must still be defused if an enduring peace is to be built.http://www.topix.net/world/sierra-leone/2008/08/sierra-leone-a-new-era-of-reform?fromrss=1 UN joins Sierra Leone to combat sexual exploitation, abuse- August 4, 2008 The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone has joined forces with the Sierra Leone Police to battle sexual exploitation and assault, domestic violence, physical assault and cruelty to children in the wider ...http://www.topix.net/world/sierra-leone/2008/08/un-joins-sierra-leone-to-combat-sexual-exp... Politics-Sierra Leone: Women Candidates Progress, But Not Enough- August 3, 2008 Official results from the July 2008 local council elections in Sierra Leone have been announced by the chairperson of the country's National Electoral Commission.http://www.topix.net/world/sierra-leone/2008/08/politics-sierra-leone-women-candidates-pro... |