Welcome to the Sierra Leone news page. Here, you will
find links to stories around the Web regarding the
conflict in Sierra Leone. UN High Commissioner for
Human Rights Mary Robinson noted that the human rights
"situation in Sierra Leone is worse than Kosovo"
adding that it is up to others to judge why one
conflict received such a vigorous response from the
West and another did not.
Click here to see the BBC dossier on the conflict.
There are numerous organizations who are working with
Sierra Leonians both in the country and in neighboring
countries. Click here
to see a partial list.
You can view a dossier of articles and reports on the
conflict by the group Human Rights Watch
by clicking
here
Eric Beauchemin, of Radio Netherlands' English service
maintains an excellent series of dossier which includes
one on Sierra Leone. Click
here to visit this site.
There was also a chilling series on Sierra Leone's war
which appeared in Le Monde in December '99. Eric
translated that into English. To view the English article,
Click here
The Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) is a
clearinghouse for news and information maintained
by the United Nations Office for Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs. To view its page on Sierra
Leone, click
here.
On 6 January 1999, the RUF rebels launched a brutal
and devastating invasion of the Sierra Leone capital
Freetown. While all western journalists fled, filmmaker
Sorious Samara used the only weapon he had: his camera.
The documentary he made recorded some of the most
horrific atrocities, mainly committed by the rebels,
of one of the century's most horrific wars. It has
aired on such networks as Britain's Channel Four,
Radio-Canada, Europe's ARTE and CNN International, though,
notably, not CNN's domestic US service. There is a
website devoted to the documentary. To visit Cry
Freetown's web site, click
here.
If you have any comments or suggestions or even
if you just want to acknowledge reading this page
please send me a note. My email address is
listed at the bottom of the page. Thanks.
This page is edited by Brian Farenell. To see his
personal home page,
Click here.
Si vous connaissez des sites d'informations africaines
ou ouest-africaines en langue française, s.v.p.
faites-moi un email.
