News Sierra Leone: One Week in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone is not your usual travel destination—at least not yet. The country has endured a fair degree of setbacks, from its role at the heart of the transatlantic slave trade, Ebola outbreaks, and ...
News Sierra Leone: Guinea releases 16 soldiers and police officers from Sierra Leone after border dispute
Guinea on Friday released 16 soldiers and police officers from neighboring Sierra Leone who were arrested earlier this week in a border dispute, Sierra Leonean authorities said. “All security officer...
News Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone: Politics of Deforestation – Rogue Minister
A senior politician facilitated illegal encroachment on a national park in Sierra Leone so elites could build mansions. The president sat ...
News Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone officials facilitated illegal mansion-building in a key national park
An investigation shows that illegal luxury mansions have been built in a Sierra Leone national park that serves as an environmental buffer for its capital.
News Sierra Leone: The silence of the lambs: Why Sierra Leone’s legal guardians must not stand aside
In Sierra Leone’s debate over the 2025 Constitutional Amendment Bill, the most troubling feature is not the substance of the proposals ...
News Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone’s unfinished Constitution and the cost of ignoring national wealth
Sierra Leone’s 1991 Constitution was drafted to dismantle the 1978 one-party state and restore multiparty constitutional rule. That ...
News Sierra Leone: Who paid the Price for 6th January 1999 and who will pay again? Op ed
Sixth January nineteen ninety-nine is not merely a historical reference. It is a national scar. It is the day Sierra Leone lost control ...
News Sierra Leone: The Age of Aggression: How Strongman Politics Is Dismantling the Post-1945 Order
Across the past eight decades, the international community has experienced successive 'waves' of atrocity accountability—periods in which global norms either strengthened or eroded in the face of ...
News Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone community's suit against diamond miner shows activist trend
The complaint, filed in Sierra Leone's High Court in March ... up from sixteen filed between 1998 and 2008, according to data from Business & Human Rights Resource Centre (BHRRC), a UK-based ...
News Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone’s battleground: how do you survive your country’s war?
Much of the money I made from my business partners was used to support my parents. My life during the rebel war in Sierra Leone was difficult, although similar to the experiences of other innocent ...
News Sierra Leone: Congo-Kinshasa: The Way That Minerals Are Mined Affects Conflict in Eastern Congo
Analysis - Strong evidence links the mining of minerals to local conflict in several African countries. This is because minerals are prized by rebel groups and are a source of their financing. Examples include the "blood diamonds" that were used to finance armed groups in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
News Sierra Leone: Rumours, stigma and stress during Sierra Leone’s Ebola epidemic
This post is part of Njala Writes, a blog series resulting from a writing workshop hosted at Njala University, Sierra Leone in June 2019, in collaboration with the LSE Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa. ...
News Sierra Leone: Bintumani-III: political tension and national cohesion in Sierra Leone
Despite Sierra Leone’s transition from civil war to peace, political parties continue to stoke tensions along ethnic and regional lines to gain voter support. New commitments to create a peace ...
News Sierra Leone: Inside Sierra Leone’s secret Soko Bana Poro tribe where members slice their mouths open with knives and spear themselves during mysterious rituals
EXTRAORDINARY images show inside Sierra Leone's secret societies ... wielding significant influence in politics, culture, and religion. Nicol calling for help from the gods before starting a ...
News Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone: Revealed! Colabo's All Stars Received Le500m From Ministry of Youth
Former Accountant at the Ministry of Youth Affairs has testified at the Commissions of Inquiry presided over by Justice Biobele Georgewill that the All Stars musical group headed by Milton Coker aka Colabo, received L500 million from the Youth in Drainage clearing project's fund.
News Sierra Leone: In Sierra Leone’s fight against rape, a reminder that law is not enough
A selection of the most viewed stories this week on the Monitor's website. Every Saturday Hear about special editorial projects, new product information, and upcoming events. Occasional A weekly ...
News Sierra Leone: Liberia: Orator Speaks Truth to Power
Liberia's 172nd Independence Day Orator, Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee spoke truth to power on Friday when she delivered the country's Independence's Day message, requesting government officials to walk their talks.
News Sierra Leone: EXCLUSIVE: Nigeria Overtakes Togo, Sierra Leone In Africa’s Suicide Ranking
Nigeria is ranked 7th African country with higher rates of suicide, leading countries like Togo (ranked 9th), Sierra Leone (10th). The concept of ... Facebook portray a larger than life image. People ...
