Full Coverage: Sierra Leone

05/01/2008 HIV, stigma, animation, music.

03/28/2008 A photographer blogs about her experiences in Sierra Leone, where she uses digital photography to help women and girls that have survived conflict, displacement, and gender violence make themselves heard.

03/12/2008 They were murderers, rapists, torturers, butchers and their victims in Sierra Leone’s civil war. Now – for the moment, since diamond-funded conflict and chaos could return at any time – they try to fight in less destructive ways and resume the real lives they can barely remember, reports Angela Robson.

03/04/2008 They were murderers, rapists, torturers, butchers and their victims in Sierra Leone’s civil war. Now – for the moment, since diamond-funded conflict and chaos could return at any time, says Angela Robson – they try to fight in less destructive ways and resume the real lives they can barely remember.

10/24/2007 Mercy Ships works with Sierra Leoneans who lacked access to polio vaccines during the country's civil war and now suffer with the disease.
From: Mercy Ships

10/11/2007 Two former commanders of a pro-government militia have been convicted by a local tribunal of war crimes they committed during the country's prolonged civil war in the 1990s.

10/03/2007 Sierraleonelainen Ishmael Beah kiertää ympäri maailmaa puhumassa menneisyydestään lapsisotilaana Sierra Leonen armeijassa. Beah todistaa, että paluu normaalielämään on mahdollista.

09/18/2007 Benefiting from the current government’s failure to deliver key social services, Ernest Bai Koroma was elected president by Sierra Leoneans last week, despite the incumbent entering the race as the favorite.

09/14/2007 Activists from Nepal, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Thailand are currently gathering outside the UN headquarters in New York to demand greater attention be paid to global hunger. Through a regularly updated blog, the campaigners are sharing behind-the-scenes action, video feeds, concert footage, and more.

08/16/2007 This weekend's elections in Sierra Leone were "generally well administered, peaceful, and competitive," according to the European monitors in the country for the first post-civil-war vote to be completely overseen by local officials.

08/10/2007 This weekend, Sierra Leone holds its first national elections since peacekeepers left the country following its 10-year civil war. But peace is still fragile in the region, adding to the importance of holding fair and transparent elections, writes a human rights lawyer.

08/10/2007 Sierra Leonessa viisi vuotte sitten solmittu rauha on kestänyt hyvin, mutta ihmisten elinolot eivät ole juurikaan kohentuneet. Lauantaina maassa käydään vaaliuurnille ensimmäistä kertaa ilman YK:n rauhanturvaajien tarjoamaa suojaa.

07/23/2007 Naisen pyrkiminen politiikkaan aiheuttaa Sierra Leonessa ihmetystä ja jotkut tuomitsevat sen. Monen naisehdokkaan tie katkeaakin jo esivaaleissa puolueen tuen puuttumiseen. Myös vaalitavan muutos tulee vaikeuttamaan naisten pääsyä parlamenttiin.

07/19/2007 In the first sentences handed down by the Special Court for Sierra Leone, three former members of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council have been given lengthy prison sentences for crimes committed during the country's lengthy civil war.

07/11/2007 Sisällissodasta toipuvassä länsiafrikkalaiessa Sierra Leonessa pidetään parlamentti- ja presidentinvaalit 11. elokuuta. Puolueiden vaalikampanjat käynnistyivät virallisesti tänään. YK:n pääsihteerin erityisedustaja Victor Angelo vetosi eilen puolueisiin rauhallisen kampanjan puolesta.

06/18/2007 Rush Hour, a photographic montage of rush hour in Sierra Leone with a bustling soundtrack, runs at the Museum of Docklands from 6 July to 1 November.

06/06/2007 UNITED NATIONS, Jun 5 (OneWorld) - Both the United Nations and some of the world's leading human rights organizations are welcoming the start of the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor.

06/05/2007 Unless the underlying causes of Sierra Leone's recent civil war are tackled, instability and violence are increasingly likely as the country approaches the elections, say Brian Thomson.
From Chatham House

04/13/2007 Thousands of women and girls marched against sexual violence through the main streets of Freetown last week as part of a new initiative to end violence against women.

02/08/2007 Perjantaina 9.2. on Leonardo di Caprion tähdittämän Blood-Diamond -elokuvan Suomen ensi-ilta. Elokuva nostaa veritimanteiksi kutsutut laittomat timantit julkisuuteen ja sen pohjalta on maailmalla noussut vilkas keskustelu länsimaissa ostettujen timanttien alkuperästä.