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  • "In Sierra Leone They Just Cut You" [interview] 13 Dec 2009 04:31 GMT
    ... Bondo" is certainly one of them. The Sierra Leonean social welfare minister is said to have made ... thing about female circumcision is that in Sierra Leone, female circumcision is not as bad as ... necessity for women to join in the political scene. I was not very pleased that ...

  • Dolat Ventures Inc. Reports Sierra Leone GDP to Grow 4% in 2009 14 Dec 2009 21:50 GMT
    ... Dove Diamonds & Mining reports that the Sierra Leone economy may grow around 4% in 2009, ... 4% in 2009, according to its Finance Minister Samura Kamara. "We had projected (gross domestic ... to 5-6 percent next year," he added. Government officials, including Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai ...

  • Dolat Ventures Inc. Reports Sierra Leone GDP to Grow 4% in 2009 (MRW) 14 Dec 2009 21:52 GMT
    ... Government officials, including Sierra Leone's President Ernest Bai Koroma, were recently in ... next six months," stated Sierra Leone trade minister David Carew. Even former British Prime Minister ...

  • New centres raise cassava's outlook in Sierra Leone 17 Dec 2009 18:54 GMT
    ... - Nutrition | Gender - Women | Politics | Economy - Development | Society New ... Society New centres raise cassava’s outlook in Sierra Leone Cassava’s profile as a food security and poverty-reducing ...

  • Sierra Leone woman barred from becoming chief 15 Dec 2009 21:12 GMT
    ... Members of a Sierra Leone traditional group have besieged a woman's house and ... Elizabeth Simbiwa Sogbo-Tortu was barred from an election to the chiefdom because she was a ... the Supreme Court. A BBC correspondent says politicians are afraid of angering traditionalists. The BBC's ...

  • Woman Breaking Traditional Walls in Chieftaincy Elections 16 Dec 2009 04:32 GMT
    ... can stand for a chieftaincy election in Sierra Leone is being challenged here in Kono, the eastern ... practically the native governing body, that influences government) objected that I am not a member ... pushing for greater inclusion of women in politics) are rallying round Torto and are discussing ...

  • Woman Breaks Tradition in Chieftaincy Election 17 Dec 2009 05:13 GMT
    ... can stand for a chieftaincy election in Sierra Leone is being challenged here in Kono, the eastern ... practically the native governing body, that influences government) objected that I am not a member ... pushing for greater inclusion of women in politics) are rallying round Torto and are discussing ...

  • Indian politicians cry foul over rice import to Ghana 21 Dec 2009 20:17 GMT
    ... The Indian Government through its Department of Commerce is investigating ... and needy countries", which included Ghana and Sierra Leone was not diverted. India's opposition in Parliament during a recent debate noted that the ...

  • Minister Adjusts View on Genital Mutilation [interview] 13 Dec 2009 19:34 GMT
    ... Bondo" is certainly one of them. The Sierra Leonean social welfare minister is said to have made ... thing about female circumcision is that in Sierra Leone, female circumcision is not as bad as ... necessity for women to join in the political scene. I was not very pleased that ...

  • Commonwealth Observer Group issues Final Report on 2009 National and Provincial Elections in Mozambique 22 Dec 2009 04:37 GMT
    ... Commonwealth Secretariat stands ready to assist the Government of Mozambique, if requested, to help further ... Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, former President of Sierra Leone. Before being made public, it was also distributed ... also distributed to the Government of Mozambique, political parties in the country, the National Elections ...

  • Observer Group issues Final Report on 2009 Elections in Mozambique 21 Dec 2009 18:21 GMT
    ... Commonwealth Secretariat stands ready to assist the Government of Mozambique, if requested, to help further ... Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, former President of Sierra Leone. Before being made public, it was also distributed ... also distributed to the Government of Mozambique, political parties in the country, the National Elections ...

  • Guest Writer - the Exceptional Qualities I Have Seen in DR Sama Banya [analysis] 17 Dec 2009 05:13 GMT
    ... I cannot wait to arrive home in Sierra Leone to express my admiration for Sierra Leone's most ... words are slippery and thought is viscous." Political analysts have commented that I have not ... land flowing with milk and honey. Fine Sierra Leoneans like Dr. Banya have brilliant ideas but ...

  • International Mediators Fear Guinea Could Destabilize Region 15 Dec 2009 18:31 GMT
    ... destabilize still unsteady neighbors, including Liberia and Sierra Leone. That is one the reasons they want ... "order and security" force to contain the political crisis before it spills outside Guinea's borders. ... sub-region," Yanga said. During their wars, various Sierra Leonean and Liberian rebels were based in Guinea. The ...

  • Mediators Fear Guinea Could Destabilize Region 15 Dec 2009 19:44 GMT
    ... destabilize still unsteady neighbors, including Liberia and Sierra Leone. That is one the reasons they want ... "order and security" force to contain the political crisis before it spills outside Guinea's borders. ... sub-region," Yanga said. During their wars, various Sierra Leonean and Liberian rebels were based in Guinea. The ...

  • Why Guinea matters 17 Dec 2009 19:34 GMT
    ... for stability and peace. The country borders Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast to its south; all ... been in conflict. Two had no stable government for more than 15 years. Combined both ... military. And Senegal, which is the most politically stable of the lot, is quietly grappling ...


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