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- Libel Remains A Criminal Offense in Sierra Leone 29 Dec 2009 00:10 GMT
... Sierra Leone's Supreme Court recently threw out a case ... a case aiming to repeal the country's criminal libel law, under which journalists and others ... others can be jailed for libelous statements. Sierra Leonean law is clear. Anyone who "maliciously" ...
- Sierra Leone suspends tax chief over corruption 22 Dec 2009 10:33 GMT
... Sierra Leone suspends tax chief over corruption Freetown - Sierra Leone's top tax collector has been suspended in a corruption investigation, ...
- What Aileth Africa? 30 Dec 2009 05:51 GMT
... are refugees. Sudan, Congo, Ethiopia, Algeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda have not fared ... of law. In a country like Kenya, criminals are elected to the highest office in ... pending in court or have committed serious crimes in the past. This is a state ...
- US Embassy Charge D Affairs hcalled for continued progress 23 Dec 2009 17:50 GMT
... continuing progress in the bilateral relationship between Sierra Leone and the USA.” Giving an overview of the ... Freetown, which has eliminated the need for sierra Leoneans to travel out of the country for ... major aspect of the government to reduce corruption, “we are not involve directly with the ...
- The Curse of Mercenaries 28 Dec 2009 15:02 GMT
... residents fleeing (some towards Mali), to the Sierra Leone war in which Liberia is heavily implicated. ... his bloodstained presidency. Guinean, Ivorian, Gambian, and Sierra Leonean mercenaries, given Liberian names as covers, beefed up ... Reginald Goodridge, linked these men to similar crimes in an article he published in June ...
- Former Prosecutor Gives 2009 a Grade of C-Minus for Rule of Law 29 Dec 2009 19:51 GMT
... chief prosecutor for the Special Court in Sierra Leone says 2009 did not fare so well in ... Palestine and all of the alleged war crimes that were committed by both sides during ... hoc tribunals, the Special Court, the International Criminal Court,” he says, are “continuing to do ...
- Compensating war victims 28 Dec 2009 13:43 GMT
... man who lost his arm during the Sierra Leone war (file photo) DAKAR, 9 December 2009 ... victims – orphans, war widows, amputees and rape survivors – the government must commit financially ... funding reparations resides with the government and Sierra Leonean society.” Government director of reparations Obi ...
- Maxed out! Welcome to the age of greed and speed 23 Dec 2009 12:32 GMT
... others. Among our local blingsters we count criminal elements such as Pretoria's King of Bling, ... the convicted drug kingpin linked to Kebble's murder, wasn't shy about his attention to bling ... the brutality on the streets of war-stricken Sierra Leone with Tupac Shakur's Thug Life and ...
- Church hit and election candidate killed in Iraq attacks 26 Dec 2009 01:50 GMT
... a bombing in Fallujah, the first such murder ahead of March polls. They were among ... 23, 2009 - With joblessness high in Sierra Leone, war-torn Iraq has drawn the attention of ... Minister Moijueh Kaikai said Wednesday. "About 10,000 Sierra Leonean youths have signed up for security jobs ...
- The West African Curse 23 Dec 2009 14:46 GMT
... of tropical coastline between Ghana and Senegal. Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast have all lived through ... massacre, raising the possibility that the International Criminal Court might bring charges against junta members for crimes against humanity. So Dadis apparently concluded that ...
- Cliffhanger for Guinea's Political Drama 23 Dec 2009 14:17 GMT
... insisted he had acted in self-defense. The assassination attempt has put more at stake in ... could lead to indictments at the International Criminal Court, which is awaiting the public release ... bled into decades-long civil wars in neighboring Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast. As the ...
- Taking Up Annual Report of Peacebuilding Commission, Security Council Members Call for Enhanced Cooperation between the Two Bodies 24 Dec 2009 20:26 GMT
... for the countries on its agenda: Burundi; Sierra Leone; Central African Republic; and Guinea-Bissau. It ... being reviewed, had been addressed despite the assassinations in March and June and the many ...
- Is Foreign Religion\Western Culture The Bane Of Africa's Mental Slavery? 23 Dec 2009 05:31 GMT
... to believe that, Idi Amin was a murderer, dictator, cannibal, a racist because he had ... be prevented, the civil wars in both Sierra Leone and Liberia in the 90s would not take ... compensation from the perpetrators of these horrible crimes just as the Jews have been compensated by ...
- The ordeal of selecting exemplary Africans 26 Dec 2009 16:14 GMT
... of surgeries on women victims of violent rape across eastern Congo. Christiana Thorpe, nicknamed Iron ... Lady by her admirers in her native Sierra Leone, was a runner-up for her courage in conducting ... the internet for mobilizing public opinion around crimes against the environment. Builder of hope in ...
- Mining Bill Queried 24 Dec 2009 13:05 GMT
... Freetown — Sierra Leone's parliament has come under serious scrutiny by ... the hands of the officials, and leads corruption and abuse of office." The MP added ...
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