Sierra Leoneans

Source: news.bbc.co.uk --- 23 days ago
Sierra Leoneans are paying their council tax for the first time in generations. Is council tax good value for money or a waste of time? ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 83 days ago
CONAKRY (Reuters) - Sierra Leoneans who fled their country's 1990s civil war will lose their refugee status next January 1, a U.N. official said on Monday. Sierra Leoneans living abroad still classed as refugees must choose between repatriation, or ...

Source: csmonitor.com --- 97 days ago
Human rights activist John Caulker looks beyond the high-profile and costly prosecutions to village-level reconciliation. ...

Source: www.un.org --- 58 days ago
The World Bank has approved funds to support an emergency cash-for-work programme to help the poorest in Sierra Leone who are facing food insecurity due to the current global food crisis. ...

Source: www.dailytargum.com --- 21 days ago
Hundreds of Sierra Leoneans packed the Multipurpose Room of the Rutgers Student Center on the College Avenue campus yesterday to hear the President of Sierra Leone, Ernest Bai Koroma, speak about the importance of open government and the state of his country. ...

Source: allafrica.com --- 9 days ago
Speak of saving the best for last, on Monday, September 29, NOSLINA (the National Organization of Sierra Leoneans in North America) clearly hit a home run when in league with Boulle Corporation and the Corporate Council on Africa (a consortium of corporate giants such as Coca Cola, Exxon-Mobil and Microsoft that do business in Africa) they held a high level luncheon for Sierra Leone's President Ernest Koroma and members of his delegation at the prestigious Willard Hotel in Washington DC. ...

Source: www.unhcr.org --- 52 days ago
A town in northern Liberia sets aside land for the construction of 60 houses for Sierra Leonean refugees, giving a boost to efforts aimed at local integration. ...

Source: kingsjubilee.spruz.net --- 28 days ago
<p><b><img height="152" alt="Gambia u-17" hspace="0" src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45017000/jpg/_45017207_gambiaunder17team203.jpg" width="203" align="left" border="0">Gambia football authorities have dismissed claims made by the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) that they used over-aged players in their Africa U-17 Championship qualifiers.</b> <p>The Baby Scorpions won the first round, second-leg encounter 3-0 on Saturday to eliminate Sierra Leone 7-1 on aggregate. <p>The SLFA has already protested to the Confederation of African Football (Caf) alleging that Gambia fielded over-aged players Bojang Ebrima, Samateh Lamin and Kawusu Japp. <p>But Baby Scorpions team manager Abdoulie Bangura rejected the claims saying Sierra Leone football authorities are bitter over the defeat. <p>"The allegations made against our players are false. We don't cheat in any competition we enter and we'll never cheat," said Bangura. <p>"The players in question are eligible to play because they are within the age bracket. <p>"The Sierra Leone team officials want their fans to take their minds off the bitter defeat they suffered from us." <p>Caf is yet to respond to the claim by the Sierra Leoneans. <div>Gambia will face Ghana in the next round if the three players are cleared by Caf.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div align="right">Source: bbc sport Africa</div> ...

Source: www.pambazuka.org --- 16 days ago
A group of 16 refugee families have moved into rehabilitated houses in the Liberian town of Bensonville as part of a process to locally integrate some 3,500 Sierra Leoneans who cannot go home or are unwilling to repatriate.... ...

Source: lovedowntime.seo-blog.org --- 26 days ago
Mr Cairnes said If we employ Sierra Leoneans in the next five to ten years, create business Acura 2005 tsx picture schemes and bring people through managerial. The basic law governing the conduct of Insurance in Sierra Leone is the Insurance Act, which established the Sierra Leone Insurance Commission SLICOM. THE ladies of Soroptimist International [...] ...

Source: www.srilankannews.net --- 83 days ago
+ ] By Saliou Samb CONAKRY, July 21 (Reuters) - Sierra Leoneans who fled their country&#039;s 1990s civil war will lose their refugee status next Jan. 1, a U.N. official said on Monday. Sierra Leonea... ...