The News Review:
- Will a Sierra Leone-type tribunal work in Kenya?
- WCC NEWS: Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Africa: Living Letters …
- Sierra Leone: Leone Stars, Morocco Friendly Suspended
- Barack OBama supporters in Sierra Leone express dismay at …
- Sierra Leone: 17 things to help develop Sierra Leone (Part III)
Will a Sierra Leone-type tribunal work in Kenya?
Daily Nation, Kenya
tag –> By PETER MWAURAPosted Friday, October 31 2008 at 15:48
Situated on Jomo Kenyatta Avenue in the middle of Freetown is a lavish and sprawling purpose-built courthouse surrounded by a 12-foot-high concrete wall with razor wire. Patrolled by UN troops, it is the Special Court for Sierra Leone, set up to end impunity, promote reconciliation and bring to public account perpetrators of the brutality and serious crimes committed during the devastating 1991-2002 civil war in the West African country. The court is a judicial experiment. It uses local and international judges as well as the local and international law to try ?persons who bear the greatest responsibility? for the violence. It is this judicial model that the Waki commission borrows from for its No. 1 recommendation ? setting up a special tribunal to ?seek accountability against persons bearing the greatest responsibility for crimes, particularly crimes against humanity, relating to the 2007 General Elections in Kenya.
WCC NEWS: Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Africa: Living Letters …
Worldwide Faith News (press release), NY
>Liberia and Sierra Leone, 2-8 NovemberBoth Liberia and Sierra Leone were devastated by civil war inthe 1990s. Liberia returned to peace and stability after thepresident and former warlord Charles Taylor was ousted in 2003and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf was elected head of state in late 2005. In neighbouring Sierra Leone, civil war officially ended in2002. As the WCC closely followed Sierra Leone and Liberia during theyears of civil conflict, it learned first hand about thesuffering of the people. After the cessation of the violence, theWCC supported the churches and other ecumenical partners inproviding relief and rehabilitation.
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Sierra Leone: Leone Stars, Morocco Friendly Suspended
AllAfrica.com, Washington
FreetownReports reaching Concord Sports yesterday confirmed that the proposed friendly match between Leone Stars and the Atlas Lions of Morocco has been suspended. The Atlas Lions were expected to host Leone Stars in Morocco on November 19 in a proposed friendly encounter. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); According to the information gathered, the match organizers yesterday informed the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) that the friendly match has been canceled without any reasons given. However, the organizers informed SLFA that they would communicate further if the proposed match would go ahead. Members of the SLFA who confirmed the reports to Concord Sports said they are still looking forward to the Moroccans as no reasons was given for the match cancellation. The canceled friendly match was expected to be a build for the Francophone nation as they are grouped alongside Cameroon , Togo and Gabon in the 2010 Nations Cup and World Cup qualifying match. Meanwhile, SLFA would officially unveil members of the premier league board today at the football academy, Kingtom.
Barack OBama supporters in Sierra Leone express dismay at …
Cocorioko, Sierra Leone
We believe that Senator Mccain is aware of the fact that this time the Presidency of the World’s greatest nation belongs to Barack Obama. For us Sierra Leoneans, the choice of Obama by the Democratic Party should guide us in changing our attitudes and behaviours that have degenerated the negative ethnic perspectives which provided the premises for some of our fellow Sierra Leoneans to undermine the political stability, developmental prospects and good quality leadership in our beloved country. Neither ethnicity, nor regionalism nor nepotism will help Sierra Leone to develop, but a sense of nationalism and ability to choose the right leaders this country needs. The association totally condemns and despises the planned assassination of Obama and the other African Americans as unholy and irresponsible 7A Black Hall Road, Kissy, Freetown.
Sierra Leone: 17 things to help develop Sierra Leone (Part III)
AllAfrica.com, Washington
There are 11 remaining indicators and we will similarly, like we did for the Ruling Justly policy category in part 2, analyze them and their relationship to Sierra Leone’s scorecard from the 50,000 foot level. Investing In People: GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); There are 5 indicators (4 for SL, as in 2008 the Girl’s Primary Education Completion indicator was not applicable) in this policy category that measure investments in people, particularly women and children, by assessing programs that promote broad-based primary education, strengthen and build capacity to provide quality public health, and reduce child mortality. Immunization Rate: This indicator measures a government’s commitment to providing essential public health services and reducing child mortality. Two rates are measured: the DPT3 and measles immunization rates. Sierra Leone is scoring 65. 5 on a scale from 0.