Freetown — Marie Musa, 37, is devastated. After the mother of four gave premature birth, her baby boy died a few hours later - because the hospital did not have enough incubators to rescue the infant.
West African nation Sierra Leone is in a festive mood after the Leone Stars held the Pharaohs of Egypt in a 1-1 draw at the qualifying series of the African Cup of Nation in Cairo, Egypt.
The head of Sierra Leone's Police and his deputy have been fired without any reason. President Ernest Bai Koroma said the Inspector General Acha Kamara and deputy will be replaced by Francis Alieu Munu and Richard Moigbe respectively following parliamentary approval.
A two-day conference of African Finance Ministers and Bank Governors has started in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The meeting which is tag the African Caucus will discuss issues relating to African in the context of global financial and economic crises, lessons learnt and the way forward.
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - British supermodel Naomi Campbell's testimony at the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor will be put to the test on Monday when her former agent is expected to contradict her over a gift of diamonds.
The actress and humanitarian activist Mia Farrow is set to give evidence on Monday about blood diamonds that are the current focus of testimony at the ongoing trial of the former Liberian president Charles Taylor at a United Nations-backed war crimes tribunal.
The testimony of black British supermodel Naomi Campbell at the Special Court for Sierra Leone is currently the lead news item in almost all major news network around the world today but Sierra Leoneans on whose behalf the UN-backed court is prosecuting alleged culprits of the conflict, have not shown any interest.
Freetown — On her second visit to Sierra Leone as the Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Ms. Brenda J. Hollis expressed pleasure in the courage displayed by Sierra Leoneans in demanding justice for the wrongs done to them during the country's decade-long civil war.
