The News Review:
- Sierra Leone: Action Aid Boosts FSU
- Sierra Leone: Africell Presents Free ‘Toll Lines’ to Police
- Sierra Leone: Taylor Supported RUF Says Defence Lawyer
Sierra Leone: Action Aid Boosts FSU
AllAfrica.com
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );Speaking at the donation ceremony held at the criminal investigations department CID headquarters in Freetown country director Tennyson Williams said the aim of the donation was to continue the support they give to the police. He said the gesture was also part of the his organization’s responsibilities in the country. “To support the FSU is part of ActionAid’s responsibilities. We have many responsibilities and this is just one of them.
Sierra Leone: Africell Presents Free ‘Toll Lines’ to Police
AllAfrica.com
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );Africell’s chief commercial officer Joe Amara Bangali said the presentation of the lines was in line with the company’s policy of using mobile technology in order to promote safety and security thereby creating a secure environment where lives and property are protected. “I a bid to empower the police we will deliver a total of 62 lines to them. Four toll free lines have been established whereby members of the general public can easily contact the police nationwide” he said. He said the public can call 900 for Freetown 901 for Bo 902 for Makeni and 903 for Kenema free of charge noting that people without an Africell line can call 088-999-999.
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Sierra Leone: Taylor Supported RUF Says Defence Lawyer
AllAfrica.com
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );Courtenay Griffiths told journalists at the Sierra Leone News Agency (SLENA) yesterday that the Special Court indictee assisted the RUF with arms and ammunition and manpower at the start of the rebellion. “We accept the fact that he was involved with the RUF at the start of the war but his support only lasted for 18 months” Griffiths said. He said according to the statutes of the Special Court the tribunal was empowered to try offences committed in Sierra Leone between 1996 to 2002 noting that his client’s indictment covers the Economic Community of West Africa Monitoring Group (ECMG) intervention and the Freetown invasion of January 6 1999. Griffiths said the prosecution’s evidence against the former warlord was based “on lies and lies based on money” adding “The prosecution has never suggested that Taylor was in Sierra Leone during the 11-year war. Relevant LinksWest AfricaHuman RightsInternational rganizations and AfricaLegal and Judicial AffairsSierra Leone”The trial of Charles Taylor is not about law but politics.