Guinea Conflict
In June 2004, two days of fighting between rival ethnic communities in Guinea's southeastern town of Nzerekore forced UN agencies working with refugees in the surrounding area to suspend their operations temporarily. Between January and April 2001, Guinea's army crossed into northern Sierra Leone on a number of occasions in pursuit of RUF rebels and other attackers from Sierra Leone and Liberia
Sierra Leone - New World Encyclopedia
Valentine Strasser, apparently frustrated by the government's failure to deal with the rebels, launched a military coup, which sent President Momoh into exile in Guinea and established the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) with Col. The fate of the economy depends upon the maintenance of domestic peace and the continued receipt of substantial aid from abroad, which is essential to offset the severe trade imbalance and supplement government revenues
The relatively small number of identified cases of sexual violence perpetrated by the CDF may be related to the CDF's internal rules that stipulate that warriors cannot have sexual intercourse before going to battle, as they would lose some of their protective powers that are bestowed on them during their initiation ceremonies. In 1994, J.M., an elderly man from Giehun village in Kailahun district, witnessed the killing of nine civilians accused of plotting to set Foday Sankoh up for a government ambush
Culture of Sierra Leone - history, people, clothing, traditions, women, beliefs, food, customs, family
julius 32 Simon PeterNov 25, 2010 @ 2:02 amHow can I get A Visa of Sierra Leone? I like to visit and am Rwandan lives in Rwanda as well Thanks 33 JesusDec 9, 2010 @ 1:13 pmHello, I am curious about when was this article written? Thank you for your time. Young children, especially girls, are encouraged to help their parents with minor household chores and farm work, and early in life take pride in their ability to contribute to the welfare of the household
Some, as young as seven, commit unspeakable atrocities: killing parents and siblings, assaulting neighbors, torching the villages they once called home. In 1998, she held a Saltonstall Fellowship at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, which helped launch her field research on the Chechnya conflict
UNAMSIL: United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone - Background
On 5 November, President Kabbah issued a statement indicating his acceptance of the agreement, and stated his Government's willingness to cooperate with ECOWAS, ECOMOG, the United Nations and UNHCR in the implementation of their respective roles. He worked in collaboration with the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and ECOWAS to try to negotiate a settlement to the conflict and return the country to civilian rule
Child Soldiers - Cambridge Books Online - Cambridge University Press
She also explores the ways in which the children leave this world of violence and the challenges they face when trying to renegotiate their lives and self-concepts in the aftermath of war. The narratives of the Sierra Leonean youth demonstrate that their life histories defy the narrow and limiting portrayals presented by the media and popular discourse
Sierra Leone country profile - Overview - BBC News
A lasting feature of the war, in which tens of thousands died, were the atrocities committed by the rebels, whose trademark was to hack off the hands or feet of their victims. Its last case ended in The Hague in April 2012, with judges finding former Liberian leader Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes in the Sierra Leone civil war
Sierra Leone profile - Timeline - BBC News
2005 August - UN Security Council authorises opening of a UN assistance mission in Sierra Leone from 2006, to follow departure of peacekeepers in December. Foreign troops, such as these British soldiers, intervened in the conflict in Sierra Leone 2003 August - President Kabbah tells truth and reconciliation commission that he had no say over operations of pro-government militias during war
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13, 2015 Inquiry by international health officials and interviews with staff reveal pattern of safety lapses at Ebola treatment center run by Boston-based charity Partners in Health in Port Loko, Sierra Leone. 21, 2014 Dr Thomas R Frieden, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director, reports good progress in fighting Ebola in Nigeria thanks to international and local efforts; suggests that international aid could similarly reduce infections in hard-hit countries of Guinea and Sierra Leone, where current infection rate is uncertain
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A woman was shot and killed and several others were wounded when police opened fire on a crowd protesting wages and working conditions at the British mining company African Minerals, according to witnesses, hospital staff and police officials. The eleven-year conflict (from 1991-2002) left more than 50,000 dead and was marked by unprovoked and unjustified violence - especially the amputation of limbs
The process of disarmament had been slow going.Since then, however, as the UN tried to disarm the rebels near various diamond-rich areas that they controlled, the rebel forces renewed their attacks and additional UN troops were needed for deployment. Meanwhile, the Sierra Leone government also comes under criticism for causing civilian casualties while bombing suspected rebel positions.At the beginning of July 2000 the United Nations Security Council decided to impose an 18 month ban on diamond exports from Sierra Leone, recognizing that diamonds have been fueling the conflict
Sierra Leone, beset for a decade by a brutal civil war, has since seen improved prospects for peace, but what about the consequences and damage done from years of violence, often carried out by youth. On November 27, 2003, the UN-backed war crimes court for Sierra Leone said that child soldiers who fought in the decade-long civil war in the West African state would not be tried for crimes against humanity
A Former Child Soldier Imagines 'Tomorrow' In Sierra Leone : NPR
Interview Highlights On one character who greets an old friend with caution During Sierra Leone's war, there was a lot of amputation going on where people were mutilated in different parts of their body. As you see in this character, this old man, he refused to look at his friend, and when he finally found the courage to lift his head, he was checking to make sure if she was intact
Sierra Leone Civil War
The official independent judiciary began functioning in areas abandoned during the war, but there still were sections of the country where the judiciary had not yet returned. People married across tribal boundaries, across religious boundaries, because the country is essentially a Muslim country with some Christians and some animists
Here you can listen to these children explain how they became soldiers, what stops them from leaving and how some have managed to build new lives for themselves. 'When shall I see my home?' the children's song in Sierra Leone 'I was recruited by force.' Zaw Tun's story (In Burmese) Read Zaw Tun's story (In English) terrified Children are used in wars taking place in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Congo, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Burma
Girls are often forced into military activity-in Ethiopia, for instance, girls comprised about 25 percent of opposition forces in the civil war that ended in 1991. Quite a number of victims had their lips and ears chopped off in macabre rituals." To seal off possible avenues of resistance from the children's communities, recruiters may deliberately destroy the bonds of trust between child and community
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