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The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone may be preparing for the final pullout of its peacekeeping force by the end of the year, but it seems, the mission wants to leave…
Winstanley Johnson will probably go down in history for the fact that earlier this year, he became the first elected mayor in 30 years of Sierra Leone’s capital — Freetown. As he…
Angry Sierra Leoneans are demanding that their government ask Guinea to withdraw its troops from their territory, which they occupied five years ago. Troops from Guinea occupied…
Ravaged by civil war for almost a decade, Sierra Leone’s fragile stability faces a new threat from drugs. Police say that their eradication campaign is bearing fruit, but some…
"I will be defending myself because as far as I am concerned, I don’t have any case to answer before this court," said Sam Hinga Norman, on Monday. Although the court officially…
Local elections aren’t a rarity, some would claim. But, they are if you live in Sierra Leone and have not had a say about local councillors in three decades. That the elections…
Authorities in Sierra Leone have started a campaign to rid the country of its so-called ”pepper doctors”: people who practise medicine under false pretences. The pharmacy board…
A seemingly intractable dispute is under way in Sierra Leone between hawkers and those who are tired of weaving their way through the teeming roadside markets that have sprung up…
A lengthy disarmament programme has wrapped up in Sierra Leone, with organisers giving themselves a pat on the back. ”I think that the disarmament, demobilisation and…
"The elections were fixed. We know that Lansana Conte was re-elected through fraudulent means and so his tenure cannot be legitimate," remarks Ba Mamadou, chairperson of the…
Guinea’s Supreme Court has disqualified almost all parties from contesting the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for December 21, after the groups failed to meet a…
