News: Sierra Leone

We have started to collect the most important news related to Sierra Leone in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Sierra Leone: news

Taylor 'should serve 80 years'

Thursday, May 3rd 2012, 18:24
related countries: Liberia

Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor should serve 80 years after his conviction at The Hague for war crimes in the Sierra Leone civil war, prosecutors say.
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VIDEO: 'Taylor deserves 100 years in jail'

Thursday, April 26th 2012, 17:45

International judges have found Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war.
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Taylor aided Sierra Leone crimes

Thursday, April 26th 2012, 16:50
related countries: Liberia

Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor is convicted of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone civil war at his trial in The Hague.
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VIDEO: Lasting scars of S Leone conflict

Wednesday, April 25th 2012, 15:51
related countries: Liberia

People in Sierra Leone are awaiting the verdict of former Liberian President Charles Taylor's war crimes trial, 10 years on from the end of the civil war.
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Can Charles Taylor verdict heal the horrors of war?

Wednesday, April 25th 2012, 8:47

Sierra Leone victims share hopes over Charles Taylor verdict
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Turning old cars into condom machines in Sierra Leone

Tuesday, March 6th 2012, 0:23

From old cars to condoms
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VIDEO: Sierra Leone a decade after war

Tuesday, February 28th 2012, 5:49

In the 10 years since the end of the bloody and often gruesome civil war in Sierra Leone, retraining the government army has become a priority to help protect development in other areas.
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VIDEO: Sierra Leone: All boom but no progress?

Monday, February 27th 2012, 18:56

Ten years after the end of Sierra Leone's civil war, what progress has been made in rebuilding the country's economy?
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Sierra Leone: All boom but no progress?

Monday, February 27th 2012, 8:42

Who benefits from huge building projects in Sierra Leone?
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New West African oil discoveries

Tuesday, February 21st 2012, 17:06
related countries: Liberia

New oil finds off the coasts of Liberia and Sierra Leone raise hopes for rapid growth in the countries, still recovering from civil wars.
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Sierra Leone in nappy-drugs haul

Thursday, December 22nd 2011, 12:37
related countries: Ecuador

Sierra Leonean police seize drugs from Ecuador, hidden in a shipping container stuffed with nappies, and make five arrests.
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Sierra Leone eyes bird-watchers

Wednesday, December 14th 2011, 8:53

Sierra Leone hopes to overcome brutal image to attract bird tourists
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Somalia AU mission to be boosted

Tuesday, September 27th 2011, 15:20
related countries: Djibouti, Somalia
related places: Mogadishu

African Union commanders holding the Somali capital Mogadishu are promised fresh forces from Djibouti and Sierra Leone.
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Sierra Leonean scouts 'missing'

Monday, August 8th 2011, 14:00
related countries: Sweden
related places: More

More than 10 Sierra Leonean scouts disappear in Sweden at the end of a World Scouting Jamboree where scouts from 146 countries attend, police say.
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Bold gesture

Saturday, June 11th 2011, 18:51

Fergus Walsh on Sierra Leone's bid to tackle child mortality
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Sierra Leone celebrates 50 years

Wednesday, April 27th 2011, 15:15
related countries: United Kingdom

Sierra Leone should celebrate its 50th anniversary of independence from the UK despite its troubled past, President Ernest Bai Koroma tells the BBC.
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Taylor's war crimes trial closes

Friday, March 11th 2011, 12:59
related countries: Liberia

The war crimes trial of Liberia's ex-President Charles Taylor closes at a UN-backed court for Sierra Leone in The Hague, with judges considering their verdict.
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VIDEO: Extreme World: Dying in Sierra Leone

Thursday, February 17th 2011, 18:00

As part of the BBC's Extreme World series, our correspondent Mark Doyle has been to one of the poorest countries in the world, where life expectancy is just 40 years.
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