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Sierra Leone Wire

Comprehensive News Feed for Sierra Leone.

Results 1 - 20 of 743 in Sierra Leone

  1. Surgeon's email account hackedRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | The Hindu

    ... The two-para email informed his friends world over that he had gone to Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) and Freetown (Sierra Leone) to attend a meeting on HIV/AIDS education and that he had lost his money, travel documents and tickets. The email requested ...

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  2. Chinese president appoints new ambassadorsRead the original story

    Tuesday | Xinhuanet

    ... to the Republic of Iraq, replacing Chen Xiaodong. Qiu Shaofang was appointed ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, replacing Cheng Wenju. Cheng Wenju was appointed ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, replacing Zhang Limin. Wei Jinghua was ...

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  3. SocialRead the original story

    Monday | Panapress

    Mr Abdulhamid Adiamoh, Managing Editor of Today newspape r, spent Monday night at the Gambia Police Headquarters in Banjul after he was i n vited by the police and abandoned, sources confirmed to PANA in Banjul ...

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  4. SocietyRead the original story

    Monday | Panapress

    The Director-General of UNESCO, Koichiro Matsuura, Monda y condemned the killing of journalists in the conflict that took place recently i n Georgia, and recalled the obligation under international law to ...

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  5. Genealogy Query - BONYA : CONTEHRead the original story

    Monday Aug 18 | Cousinconnect.com

    My name is Frances Conteh and my mothers name is Fatu Conteh. My mother is originally form Sierra leone.

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  6. Sierra Leone: Former President Wants Meeting with President Koroma

    Monday Aug 18 | AllAfrica.com

    ... ministers are here," he asked, to which four persons raised their hands. "Where are the rest? This is about Sierra Leone; this is a very serious event and policy makers must attend an event such as this. "It is really sad that majority of government ...

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  7. Not Posh and BecksRead the original story

    Sunday Aug 17 | The Herald

    ... yelling at him to play on, so they got the finger, and McEnroe got the boot. Splendid. A surprise result for a Sierra Leone boys' football team after a tournament in Sweden: no, not their second-placed finish, but the fact they all came home. Such ...

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  8. Nick Drainey's World View: Knickers to love rat husband on internetRead the original story

    Saturday Aug 16 | Scotsman.com News

    ... perhaps." The eBay listing also includes a detailed account of the events leading up to the discovery. SIERRA LEONE A boys' soccer team from Sierra Leone won silver at a tournament in Sweden, but were hailed as champions in their poor West African ...

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  9. Symposium showcases undergrad creativity, researchRead the original story

    Saturday Aug 16 | Childhood Education

    ... Orleans, research on how to get Sierra Leoneans living in America engaged in their local communities back in Sierra Leone and thoughts on Spain's newly enacted immigration policies. Also on Tuesday, students in the arts and humanities gave talks ...

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  10. S Leone leaders asleep at the wheel whilst clashes agwanRead the original story

    Saturday Aug 16 | R O O T S..

    Sierra Leone's government is "appalled" by clashes between supporters of the ruling and opposition parties in the capital, a minister has told the BBC.

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, Ernest Bai Koroma

  11. Sierra Leone: Partisan Politics Threatens PeaceRead the original story

    Friday Aug 15 | AllAfrica.com

    Inter Press Service Mohammed Fofana Freetown A violent showdown on August 13 in the heart of Freetown, Sierra Leone's capital, demonstrated the political tension that has been brewing between the country's two ...

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  12. Gambari on the loss of 700 Nigerian soldiers in Sierra LeoneLEBURAH...

    Friday Aug 15 | Nigeriaworld

    ... that 700 Nigerian soldiers were killed in (one month alone) January 1999, during Peace-keeping mission in Sierra Leone. Professor Gambari who reportedly disclosed this in a lecture he delivered at the Nigeria Defense College, Abuja gave the ...

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  13. GenderRead the original story

    Saturday Aug 16 | Panapress

    ... women in the country's western region calling for the imprisonment of men who batter their wi v es. UN joins Sierra Leone to combat sexual exploitation, abuse Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) - The United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone has joined ...

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  14. Influenza Pandemic of 1918 a chilling period in Canada's history booksRead the original story

    Wednesday Aug 13 | Sackville Tribune-Post

    ... were victims. By August of 1918, a more harmful strain appeared simultaneously in Brest, France, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, and in the USA at Boston, Massachusetts. By then it had reached international proportions. In the words of Dr. Alfred Crosby, ...

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  15. Sierra Leone's Cocaine Plane Saga: Transport Minister Speaks OutRead the original story

    Monday Jul 21 | World Press Review

    The July 13 impounding of a plane loaded with cocaine, and the subsequent arrest of alleged drug traffickers, overshadowed all government business in Freetown, Sierra Leone, for several days last week. 2 comments

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  16. Unrest 'appals' S Leone leadersRead the original story

    Thursday Aug 14 | BBC

    Sierra Leone's government is "appalled" by clashes between supporters of the ruling and opposition parties in the capital, a minister has told the BBC.

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  17. Chinese Activity in Africa, Part 2: The Path of Least ResistanceRead the original story

    Thursday Aug 14 | NextBillion.net

    ... Africa: The Chinese are doing more than the G8 to make poverty history. If a G8 country proposes a project for Sierra Leone, there is an environmental assessment and evaluation of the human rights and governance situation. The Chinese just come and ...

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  18. Boys' return is home win for Sierra LeoneRead the original story

    Tuesday Aug 12 | Scotsman.com News

    A BOYS' football team from Sierra Leone won silver at a tournament in Sweden but have been hailed as champions in their poor West African country - " because they all went back home.

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  19. Liberia: Cotol Wants Fahnbulleh ApologizeRead the original story

    Tuesday Aug 12 | AllAfrica.com

    ... of Liberia to effect an unconstitutional change of government and resettled his army/military men in Freetown, Sierra Leone where they suffered and some died in the prison of pandama-road, why can it be cogent to Dr. Fahnbulleh that there is no ...

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  20. Soccer team causes surprise by coming homeRead the original story

    Monday Aug 11 | XtraMSN Real Estate

    A boys' soccer team from Sierra Leone won silver at a tournament in Sweden, but were hailed as champions in their poor West African homeland -- because they all came home.

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