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  • Sierra Leone Official Lauds Parliament for Anti-corruption Legislation 24 Nov 2009 21:51 GMT
    ... The Chairman of Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission says he has stepped up efforts ... Koroma is embarking on fighting corruption in Sierra Leone. Abdul Tejan-Cole praised the legislature for enacting ...

  • Index shows rampant corruption in Africa 24 Nov 2009 06:50 GMT
    ... 180 countries based on perceived levels of corruption in the public sector. And, not surprisingly, ... shares the position with Cameroon, Ecuador, Russia, Sierra Leone, Timor, Ukraine and Zimbabwe. 'Historical bad governance, ...

  • Protecting Child Victims in Sexual Violence Trials in the DR Congo: Suggestions for the Way Forward 24 Nov 2009 07:14 GMT
    ... Victims of serious human rights crimes require support, protection, and assistance when seeking ... victims who are appearing as witnesses in criminal proceedings or otherwise seeking legal redress. Under ... are incurring risks. Lessons Learned from the Sierra Leone Special Court The Sierra Leone Special Court was ...

  • Taylor Denies Sending Rebels to Attack Guinea 24 Nov 2009 07:13 GMT
    ... as justification to send rebel forces, including Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels to attack ... commit the same attrocities in Sierra Leone. "Sierra Leonean perpetrators understood that was the way you conducted ... of bearing the greatest responsibility for the crimes committed by the RUF rebels in Sierra ...

  • Special Report: Bloody Shame 24 Nov 2009 17:33 GMT
    ... Zimbabwe’s Diamond Mines Lead to Rape, Murder, and Thievery ROUGH JUSTICE: Zimbabwean soldiers escorting ... based themselves in Bo and Kenema, in Sierra Leone, near the rich diamond deposits that stoked ...

  • Dolat Ventures to Focus on West Africa Mining 24 Nov 2009 11:12 GMT
    ... on potential mining operations in West Africa's Sierra Leone. Ahead of the Sierra Leone Trade and ... all accompanied by strong efforts to fight corruption and increase transparency, economic growth and diversification ...

  • Why Uganda's oil is like prostitutes and gamblers 24 Nov 2009 19:50 GMT
    ... night near places like Speke Hotel – prostitution. Contrary to popular belief, the people who ... years in places like DR Congo and Sierra Leone, the miners of that time searched for ...

  • Alcohol is Being Forbidden-Limited in 80 Countries 24 Nov 2009 04:34 GMT
    ... smoking abuse can cause various administrative or criminal penalizing. Albania, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Benin, Brunei, ... Swaziland, Seychelles, Senegal, Singapore, Syria, Somali, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Thailand, Tanzania, Togo, Tunis, Turkmenistan, Turkey, ...

  • Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Presents Country's Potential To International Investors 20 Nov 2009 16:57 GMT
    ... PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- The Government of Sierra Leone marked eight years of widely under-appreciated political and ... Sierra Leone has some of the toughest anti-corruption laws in Africa. Three key elements were ... Transparency International found that almost two-thirds of Sierra Leoneans believed that the Government's efforts in the ...

  • Sierra Leone acts tough on corrupt investors amid Guinea worries 19 Nov 2009 17:56 GMT
    ... November 19 2009 at 18:07 Sierra Leone’s anti-corruption commissioner has a simple message for foreign ... told Reuters in an interview at a Sierra Leone investment summit in London. “It is very ... and that could land them in a Sierra Leonean prison. “It’s a mandatory sentence,” he said. ...

  • Taylor Denies Supporting Plans to Attack Sierra Leone 20 Nov 2009 08:48 GMT
    ... Taylor did not support plans to attack Sierra Leone while he was in Libya, the accused ... never knew about the formation of the Sierra Leonean rebel group Revolutionary United Front (RUF) ... Taylor has been involved in a joint criminal enterprise with RUF leader Mr. Sankoh since ...

  • Sierra Leone police enlist boys 20 Nov 2009 10:13 GMT
    ... intended to help the city's police force Sierra Leone has launched an initiative to enlist boys as young as 18 as crime-fighting volunteers in Freetown. Police chief Chris Charley ... the capital, which is blighted by rampant criminality, would be divided into 860 zones with ...

  • Sierra Leone police enlist youths 20 Nov 2009 10:34 GMT
    ... Sierra Leone has launched an initiative to enlist youths as crime-fighting volunteers in Freetown. Police chief Chris Charley ... the capital, which is blighted by rampant criminality, would be divided into 860 zones with ...

  • UK's Blair encourages investment in Sierra Leone 19 Nov 2009 10:16 GMT
    ... UK's Blair encourages investment in Sierra Leone London – Former British Prime Minister Tony ... leadership is committed to stamping out the corruption that has impeded growth in other African ...

  • With 300 out of $850 million Finance Minister says ' 'Sierra Leone has International goodwill' 20 Nov 2009 16:50 GMT
    ... of $850 million Finance Minister says … “Sierra Leone has International goodwill” At the end of ... million for their programs. The issue of corruption was again highlighted and the Anti Corruption ...


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