Sierra Leone

  • Aug 21, 2003
  • 7 min read

WEST AFRICA: Life after Taylor may not be so peaceful

The provisional government and rebel factions today named businessman Gyude Bryant as head of the...

  • Aug 1, 2003
  • 7 min read

INTERNATIONAL: Mercenary business grows rich on war

The growth of a global trade in hired military services is a key development in the last decade...

International
  • Jul 28, 2003
  • 7 min read

LIBERIA: Intervention risks rise as rebels advance

As fighting between rebel and government forces intensifies, US and West African commanders are...

Liberia
  • Jul 28, 2003
  • 1 min read

LIBERIA: Intervention risks

As fighting between rebel and government forces continues, and the humanitarian situation...

Liberia
  • Jun 18, 2003
  • 7 min read

LIBERIA: Ceasefire leads to peace hopes

Government and rebel representatives yesterday signed a ceasefire agreement at the...

Liberia
  • Jun 6, 2003
  • 1 min read

LIBERIA: Taylor avoids extradition

The chief prosecutor of Sierra Leone's UN-backed war crimes tribunal yesterday criticised the...

Liberia
  • Jun 5, 2003
  • 1 min read

LIBERIA: President indicted

Sierra Leone's chief prosecutor stated yesterday that the UN-backed Special Court has indicted...

Liberia
  • May 2, 2003
  • 1 min read

LIBERIA/SIERRA LEONE: Harbouring fugitives?

President Charles Taylor has been warned to hand over two Revolutionary United Front (RUF)...

Sierra Leone