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  • Cry, Beloved Africa Cry 26 Nov 2009 01:51 GMT
    ... Continent of ours. In Liberia, Angola and Sierra Leone, the control and exploitation of diamond, timber ... developmental projects channelled into the purchase of weapons by both sides. There were outbreaks of ... with opposition leaders, but he used the army to thwart change until May, 1997, when rebel forces ...

  • Hezbollah has global fundraising reach 26 Nov 2009 00:51 GMT
    ... others on charges of plotting to smuggle weapons and funds to the Iranian-backed organization in ... to raise funds and to provide smuggled military equipment to supplement what it gets from ... since the precious stones were discovered in Sierra Leone in 1930. © 2009 United Press International, Inc. ...

  • Alex. Ekwueme, Anyaoku, Arthur Eze, the Ubas, Obi, Ojukwu and the Bazaar in Anambra State 26 Nov 2009 00:31 GMT
    ... stage...he has built and provided schools in Sierra Leone for the Waterloo Partnership which is a ... was no debriefing program for the surrendering soldiers. He was concerned that there were very ...

  • Congo Army Helps Rebels Get Arms, U.N. Finds 25 Nov 2009 05:31 GMT
    ... gunpoint. Most of the fighting is not soldier versus soldier but soldier versus civilian, and ... running of the movement; the coordination of military and arms-trafficking activities and the management of ... gruesome civil wars in Liberia, Angola and Sierra Leone. It is a bleak picture of Congo that ...

  • Congo Army Helps Rebels Get Arms, U.N. Finds (Today) 25 Nov 2009 07:32 GMT
    ... gunpoint. Most of the fighting is not soldier versus soldier but soldier versus civilian, and ... running of the movement; the coordination of military and arms-trafficking activities and the management of ... gruesome civil wars in Liberia, Angola and Sierra Leone. It is a bleak picture of Congo that ...

  • Pentagon Helping 80 Countries With AIDS Prevention 25 Nov 2009 18:13 GMT
    ... said. Started in 1982 for the U.S. military, the Pentagon uses the program to reach ... Activity: A Kickball Match between the AFL Soldiers and Implementing Partners will be held. Surrounding ... the 3rd of December the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces HIV and AIDS Prevention Program sponsored ...

  • Iraq inquiry sheds light on 'drum beat' to war 25 Nov 2009 06:39 GMT
    ... any increased appetite by UK ministers for military action in Iraq," he added. However, Simon ... were stationed, including Afghanistan, the Balkans and Sierra Leone, warranted more concern at the time. The former ... with bereaved families of the 179 British soldiers killed in Iraq, protested the government's official ...

  • Angelina Jolie puts her money where her mouth is when it comes to charity giving 25 Nov 2009 22:53 GMT
    ... first field visit, an 18-day mission to Sierra Leone and Tanzania 2001 - returned to ... with Iraqi refugees, multi-national forces, and U.S. troops NOTE: 2008 - 2009 (pregnancies, new motherhood) History ...

  • 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) and that ... the country, while Mr. Sankoh preferred a military revolution. The prosecution put it to Mr. ...

  • Sierra Leone open for business 23 Nov 2009 19:20 GMT
    ... Sierra Leone, the formerly war-torn West African country ... British businesses. Nearly 10 years after British troops began a peacekeeping mission to Sierra Leone, the ...

  • 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 ... that ended in 2002, in which child soldiers fought. The BBC's Lansana Fofana, in Freetown, says ...

  • Sierra Leone police enlist youths 20 Nov 2009 10:34 GMT
    ... Sierra Leone has launched an initiative to enlist youths ... that ended in 2002, in which child soldiers fought. The BBC's Lansana Fofana, in Freetown, says ...

  • Woman killed in collision was wife of navy man 22 Nov 2009 10:37 GMT
    ... Woman killed in collision was wife of navy man A woman killed in a head-on ... of the Canadian navy serving overseas. The military confirmed the identity of the victim Saturday ... was returning immediately from a mission in Sierra Leone to be with his grieving daughters, Nicole, 25, ...

  • Bawku needs robust military presence -Lt Col. Ogboma 21 Nov 2009 22:20 GMT
    ... Saturday, 21 November 2009 Bawku needs robust military presence -Lt Col. Ogboma Bolgatanga, Nov. 21,GNA- Lieutenant ... were eight in number were from Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Rwanda and Gambia are expected to complete ...

  • US concerned by reports of training in Guinea 20 Nov 2009 00:17 GMT
    ... "deeply concerned" by reports that South African "military instructors" are training militiamen backed by the ... recruits in Guinea. Witnesses said the new soldiers recruited by the junta, which seized power ... in a camp formerly used to house Sierra Leone refugees outside Forecariah. Around 40 military instructors are ...


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