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Sierra Leone News Journal
Sierra Leone Looks To Farmers To Help Spur Economic Growth
A multi-pronged effort should help mango farmers and the juice factory they supply reach internation
Sierra Leone: Govt Promise to Involve Women in Governance
In Sierra Leone's highly patriarchal society, where institutionalised gender inequalities are exacerbated by discriminatory customs, one group is singing its way towards changing this.
Sierra Leone holds both lessons and warnings for Ivory Coast
Sierra Leone recently celebrated its 50th anniversary of independence. The West African nation still bears the scars of a brutal civil war but its fledgling democracy offers lessons to regional neighbor Ivory Coast.
Actor Isaiah Washington Appointed Chief of Sierra Leone Tribe
Actor Isaiah Washington has been appointed chief of a Sierra Leone tribe, after embarking on a quest to discover his roots.
Sierra Leone: First Fruit Juice Company Adding Value to Farming
Crate loads of lush ripe mangos are stacked up, a sweet fragrance filling the air. Factory workers wait for their instructions, decked out in protective coats, rubber boots and hairnets.
World prosecutors meet in Sierra Leone
Prosecutors from the six international UN-backed courts are to meet in Freetown to look at best practices and how to close the tribunals when their work is done.
India second home to me: Gary Kirsten
Dubai, May 12 : Former India coach Gary Kirsten talks about his future and passes on some advice to incoming coach Duncan Fletcher, while Gary’s half-brother Peter talks about his new role coaching Sierra Leone for the ICC Africa Division 2 T20 tournament on this week’s ICC Cricket World Radio Show.
West Africa Rising: Leaders tout Sierra Leone's first value-added factory since the war
Mango juice concentrate is now churning out of a factory’s gleaming steel machinery in Sierra Leone. It's the country's first significant value-added export since it fell into civil war in 1991.
Sierra Leone’s Refugee Allstars, Flobots, Elephant Revival to Open for Dispatch
Dispatch will kick off its reunion tour with three nights at Red Rocks starting on June 3. The group has now confirmed support acts for a number of these dates, many of which are sold-out.
Sierra Leone: What Went Wrong in 50 Years
Sierra Leone's 50 years independence celebration has created a mood of excitement across the country but three-fourths of the population does not even know the significance of the event. As President Ernest Bai Koroma himself had rightly said during the celebrations, this is not just a time for celebrations but a time for reflection over certain crucial issues. But what anyone who is au fait ...
Sierra Leone’s Refugee Allstars
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars started playing music together in West African refugee camps while their homeland was being racked by years of bloody warfare.
Sabrina Mahtani provides legal aid to female prisoners in Sierra Leone
Sabrina Mahtani helps women in prison (often innocent) in Sierra Leone's rough, overcrowded prisons
Sabrina Mahtani provides legal aid to female prisoners in Sierra Leone
In 2005, a young woman in Sierra Leone was sentenced to death for a murder she did not commit. Her purported crime was the killing of a 6-month-old baby, the daughter of her husband's second wife.
Nigeria: Rebuilding Cote d'Ivoire - Lessons From Sierra Leone
The demise of Laurent Gbagbo's regime offers fresh opportunities to tackle Cote d'Ivoire's intractable problems. Hundreds of people have lost their lives, about a million have been displaced from their homes, infrastructure and properties have been destroyed, and economic life remains precarious. Gbagbo's continued hold on power would have emboldened leaders who lose elections to stay in office ...
In the media: Where next for Sierra Leone?
The African nation, which just celebrated 50 years of independence, should look to the mistakes of the past as it plans for its future, writes Paul Richards, the Edward P Bass Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Yale Institute of Biospheric Studies in the PovertyMatters blog in guardian.co.uk.