Freetown
Mass. man charged in RI nighttime boating deaths
May 26, 2010 20:57 EDT
Mass. man charged with drunken boating for fatal RI accident; owner called it a joy ride. A Massachusetts man has been charged with five felonies, including being drunk behind the wheel of a boat, in a crash that killed two women in Rhode Island.
Prosecutors seek Naomi Campbell testimony in Taylor trial
May 20, 2010 14:09 EDT
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Prosecutors at the Special Court for Sierra Leone want to hear testimony from model Naomi Campbell about a so-called 'blood diamond' at the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.
S.Leone recalls ambassadors to Russia and China
May 04, 2010 10:06 EDT
Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma has recalled his country's ambassadors to China and Russia over alleged gross misconduct, government spokesman Ibrahim Ben Kargbo said Tuesday.
Monday, May 3
Apr 25, 2010 20:00 EDT
Today is Monday, May 3, the 123rd day of 2010. There are 242 days left in the year.
Thieves burgle Blair office in Sierra Leone
Apr 22, 2010 18:41 EDT
Thieves burgled and removed documents from an office used by former British prime minister Tony Blair in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, the country's communication ministry announced Thursday.
New England floodwaters abating, but danger stays
Apr 01, 2010 13:55 EDT
New England floodwaters begin slowly receding, but dangerous conditions remain. Stacey Marcure thought she and her family had survived the worst of flooding two weeks ago, when no more than 5 inches of water seeped into her basement. Then she woke to a fresh burst of heavy flooding spurred by record-setting rainfall that caused havoc in this former mill town and much of the Northeast.
New England flooding drowns homes and dreams
Apr 01, 2010 02:30 EDT
Water fills homes, businesses across New England; RI sees worst flooding in 200 years. Flooding on a scale rarely seen in New England forced hundreds of people from their homes Wednesday, overwhelmed sewage systems to the point that families were asked to stop flushing toilets, and washed out bridges and highways from Maine to Connecticut.
Striking S.Leone health workers refuse to go back to work
Mar 25, 2010 13:45 EDT
Nurses and doctors on strike for a week over poor working conditions in Freetown have refused to return to work despite calls to do so by President Ernest Koroma, a spokesman said Thursday.
No evidence of mine collapse in Sierra Leone town
Mar 20, 2010 19:11 EDT
BAOMAHUN (Reuters) - Gold mines around the remote Sierra Leone town of Baomahun showed no evidence of a collapse on Saturday, a Reuters television crew said, corroborating an official denial that a mining disaster had occurred there.
Sierra Leone minister denies mine collapse
Mar 19, 2010 19:20 EDT
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's minister of mineral resources denied on Friday that at least 200 people were killed in the collapse of a gold mine, causing confusion after his own ministry had reported the disaster.
Sierra Leone minister denies mine collapse
Mar 19, 2010 19:20 EDT
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's minister of mineral resources denied on Friday that at least 200 people were killed in the collapse of a gold mine, causing confusion after his own ministry had reported the disaster.
Minister: Sierra Leone rattled by disaster hoax
Mar 19, 2010 18:59 EDT
False report of mine disaster in Sierra Leone prompts government rescue effort, minister says. A top official in Sierra Leone's government said he raced to a town in the country Friday after news reports said at least 200 people had been killed in a mining accident there, only to find out it was a hoax.
200 feared missing in reported S.Leone mine collapse
Mar 19, 2010 16:39 EDT
Up to 200 wildcat miners were feared missing Friday amid reports of a gold mine collapse in southern Sierra Leone, which were denied by the country's mining ministry.
S.Leone iron-ore mine re-opened after 35 years
Mar 12, 2010 12:02 EST
President Ernest Koroma has reopened a long-defunct iron-ore mine in northern Sierre Leone that is intended to rake in millions of dollars in coming years for one of the world's poorest states.
West Africa sets out to protect dying mangroves
Mar 08, 2010 04:47 EST
FOBO, Sierra Leone (Reuters) - Salt is precious in poverty-stricken coastal West Africa, but conservation experts say efforts to extract it are laying waste to mangrove swamps, causing erosion and ravaging fish stocks.
Sierra Leone takes steps to save mangroves
Feb 27, 2010 13:24 EST
Sierra Leone's fragile mangrove ecosystem risks being depleted if steps are not taken, the country's forestry director said Saturday after African countries adopted a plan to save coastal mangrove forests.
Ex-suspect in Mass. highway slayings found dead
Jan 27, 2010 14:27 EST
A man who was once a suspect in the unsolved serial slayings of nine Massachusetts women has died, more than 20 years after the so-called "highway killings" terrorized women in the New Bedford area.
Ex-suspect in Mass. highway slayings found dead
Jan 27, 2010 14:27 EST
One-time suspect in Massachusetts highway serial killings 2 decades ago found dead. A man who was once a suspect in the unsolved serial slayings of nine Massachusetts women has died, more than 20 years after the so-called "highway killings" terrorized women in the New Bedford area.
Sierra Leone suspends tax chief over corruption
Dec 21, 2009 13:27 EST
FREETOWN (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's top tax collector has been suspended in a corruption investigation, authorities said on Monday in the poor West African country which has been trying to promote itself to investors.
S.Leone unemployed get work in Iraq, Afghanistan: official
Dec 15, 2009 15:31 EST
A first batch of young, unemployed people from Sierra Leone departed for Afghanistan and Iraq on Tuesday to start jobs in the war-torn countries arranged by a US firm, a government official said.
