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Sierra Leone Opposition Party Files Petition Against Election Results

Julius Maada, leader of Sierra Leone Opposition Party

Sierra Leone opposition  Peoples Party (SLPP) has submitted a petition at the High Court in Freetown officially challenging the legality of last month’s polls. The opposition party, whose flag bearer was defeated by incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma of the All People’s Congress (APC) in the...

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Sierra Leone Tightens Security Ahead of Polls

‘Sierra Leonean polls slated for November 17, 2012 will be adequately secured’ – an assurance given by the country’s security chiefs. According...

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Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years for Sierra Leone war crimes

THE HAGUE (AFP) – Liberia’s Charles Taylor sentenced to 50 years for Sierra Leone war crimes A UN-backed war crimes court has sentenced former Liberian...

Video: Charles Taylor – Yvonne Ndege speaks to victims of the civil war in Sierra Leone

Video: Charles Taylor – Yvonne Ndege speaks to victims of the civil war in Sierra Leone

Charles Taylor and the historic verdict on charges of arming Sierra Leone’s rebels in return for “blood diamonds” in the 1990s. Al Jazeera’s...

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Charles Taylor convicted of aiding Sierra Leone war crimes

The wheel of justice may grind slowly, but grinds surely.  This aphorism best sums up the fate that befell former Sierra Leonean warlord, Charles Taylor,...