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Dear Sissy: West Africa's newest agony aunt takes on sexual traumas left by a civil war
... weapon against a pandemic of child abuse and HIV/Aids in one of the world's poorest countries. Children in Sierra Leone are still coping with the legacy of a brutal 11-year civil war which tore families asunder. Countless children were raped, ... Comment?
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Melksham soldier airlifts joy to young war victims
A Melksham soldier has sent hundreds of donated items to an orphanage in Sierra Leone this Christmas. Comment?
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Mama Wasu: Matron to some of Africaa s brightest and best
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... Minister Lord Attlee, Sir Hans Vischer of the Colonial Office in London and two former Governors of Nigeria and Sierra Leone. : Among the Nigerian student lodgers in the hostel were the famous Abeokuta teacher, the Late Rev. I. Ransome Kuti (father ... Comment?
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Celebrating Christmas across Africa
... readers have sent in their experiences of Yuletide festivities on the continent. Here we hear about football in Sierra Leone, Africa's Christmas roses, warrior dances in Zambia and how Cameroon's children are let off the leash. FODAY SIDI KAJUE, ... Comment?
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Melksham soldier's mission to help African orphanage
A Melksham soldier has sent hundreds of donated items to an orphanage in Sierra Leone this Christmas. Comment?
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Aid workers teach Sierra Leone's poor to shun witch doctors' malaria remedies
... And, in any case, many of these witch doctors have a point. The treasures hidden deep in the jungles of Sierra Leone are powerful. Potions cooked up from bits of bark in bubbling vats genuinely have healing properties. But they can also kill, and ... Comment?
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Zimbabwe's Diamond Mines Lead to Rape, Murder, and Thievery
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... are peripatetic veterans of the blood-diamond trade. For 15 years, they based themselves in Bo and Kenema, in Sierra Leone, near the rich diamond deposits that stoked a decade-long civil war between the ragtag government army and a brutal rebel ... Comment?
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SOS Children's Village Alumnus Joins FreeBalance Team in Sierra Leone
... that the company has employed Harry Ibrahim Turay, an alumnus of the SOS Children's Village in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Mr. Turay spent 15 years in the SOS Children's Village program in Sierra Leone and attended the Hermann Gmeiner School from ... Comment?
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Sierra Leone: Police Plan to Use Youth Against Crime Sparks Row
... as a political gesture to win elections. Comments Jacob Jusu Saffa, secretary-general of the main opposition Sierra Leone People's Party: "The Ruling All Peoples Congress party is recruiting these youths in order to position itself for the 2012 ... Comment?
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Sierra Leone: IMF Executive Board Completes Fifth Review Under PRGF...
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund has completed the fifth review of Sierra Leone's economic performance under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility arrangement. Comment?
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Afghanistan - why are we there? I just hate it. War I mean. But I'm...
... is such that if we can change it by intervening we should do so. For example, we did so in a very minor way in Sierra Leone; our troops arrived in Freetown and the rebels surrendered. Result. We did nothing in Rwanda and 3million died. Should we ... Comment?
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An addict's appreciation of Coronation Street
Like some sad Coronation Street obsessive, I emerged from the Granada building in Manchester a few weeks ago carrying a pair of Coronation Street oven gloves, a Coronation Street tea cosy, several Coronation Street dish-cloths and a plastic Coronation Street alarm clock. Comment?
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... whether the bomber was targeting the home of the politician, who was not there, or the market. 6 Freetown, Sierra Leone Woman appeals rule that barred her from ballot A woman barred from running for chief of her district because of her gender said ... Comment?
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Afropop: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange
... The documentary follows Rebel Soulz, a hip hop group from Portland, Oregon, as they journey to Freetown, Sierra Leone to bring the radical roots of American hip hop to the motherland of Africa. In the process of collaborating and interacting with ... Comment?
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Woman fights for right to be elected district chief in Sierra Leone
A woman barred from running for district chief because of her gender has got the backing of Sierra Leone 's human rights commission in her petition to the appeal court for a new election and a place on the ballot. Comment?
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Sierra Leone woman appeals for right to be chief
... good ol' USA. Just look at Bush 41 and Bush 43 Close comment Add your own comment More from Lifestyle FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - A woman barred from running for chief of her district because of her gender said Tuesday she has appealed for a new ... Comment?
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Sierra Leone: Woman Breaking Traditional Walls in Chieftaincy Elections
... chief in the local chieftaincy election. The decision of whether women can stand for a chieftaincy election in Sierra Leone is being challenged here in Kono, the eastern part of Sierra Leone. It was the diamonds in Kono that many pundits claimed ... Comment?
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Girls' Education Week helps girls recognize their potential in Sierra Leone
Hawa Marrah, 12, is a pupil of the Islamic Primary School in Kabala, an agrarian community in northern Sierra Leone. Comment?
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UK army head still fighting for the victims in Sierra Leone new
Workers wash dirt and rocks in a river running through an open pit in Sierra Leone's diamond-rich eastern province. Comment?
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International Mediators Fear Guinea Could Destabilize Region
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Economic Community of West African States Secretary General says Guinea is a potentially 'explosive' situation that could undermine regional efforts to consolidate peace in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea-Bissau, and Ivory Coast Scott Stearns Conakry 15 December 2009 Guinea's military ruler Captain Moussa Dadis Camara International mediators say ... Comment?
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