Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Will Africa Ever Be Able To Replicate Successful Economies?

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Are there signs of economic growth in Africa? Are the green shoots of growth visible? Should African leaders and policy makers be applaude...

Kenya: Country 'Can't Host Four Mobile Phone Firms

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During the last eight years, wireless communication has been considered the fastest growing segment of telecommunications. Despite the rapi...
Monday, December 17, 2007

Defense in torture case against Charles Taylor's son faces unusual problems in Africa

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Witnesses are difficult or impossible to find, some having moved to remote African villages accessible only by muddy roads rarely patrolled...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

African Football Confederation disqualifies Sierra Leone from 2008 competitions

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      LAGOS, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The African Football Confederation (CAF) has disqualified Sierra Leone from participating in the 2008 Champ...

Crowds flock to Sierra Leone slave ship

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There was chaos at Freetown's port in Sierra Leone when a replica of the Amistad slave ship opened to the public. "I want to know ...

Taylor War Crimes Trial to Resume in Jan.

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The special court trying former Liberian President Charles Taylor on war crimes charges cleared the way Tuesday for his trial to resume nex...

Presidential Leadership and 'Good Governance' in the Context of Sierra Leone's Cultural Environment

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There is new political will within the newly elected government of President Koroma (right). The task of undoing the failures of past regim...
Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Commonwealth and human rights

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Human rights abuses in Zimbabwe and Gambia by authorities have brought to the fore once again the issues of protection of citizens' righ...

World's Poorest Country

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Another of Sunkari Conteh's children is sick. The last/ time one of her children was ill, it died. Almost three years old, her daughter...

Country Has No Rose for Thorpe

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Of course, for a woman of her caliber and resolve she expects no bouquet of roses for conducting the much-contested 2007 relatively free of...