Sierra Leone sells 2013`s largest diamond

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 22:42

Sierra Leone said on Friday it had exported the largest diamond discovered in the west African nation last year -- a 125-carat stone worth around USD 800,000.

Two foreigners, teenage girl arrested for abduction

Last Updated: Sunday, December 22, 2013, 01:16

Two foreign nationals along with their accomplice, a 19-year-old girl, were arrested for alleged abduction of a man here, police said on Saturday.

Arrested sailors of armed US ship shifted to Chennai

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 23, 2013, 14:11

The Tamil Nadu prisons department Wednesday morning shifted to Puzhal prison here 22 of the 35 arrested from the American armed ship, Seaman Guard Ohio, under Sierra Leone`s flag, a prison official said.

Sierra Leone charges 29 with defrauding Gates Fund

Last Updated: Sunday, March 10, 2013, 20:10

The head of Sierra Leone`s Anti-Corruption Commission says that 29 government health officials will appear in court on corruption charges for having allegedly defrauded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation`s vaccine program.

Sentencing of Liberia`s Taylor a `milestone`: US

Last Updated: Thursday, May 31, 2012, 09:26

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor has been sentenced to 50 years imprisonment for arming murderous rebels in Sierra Leone.

Ex-Liberian prez Charles Taylor jailed for 50 yrs

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 30, 2012, 15:40

Taylor became the first former head of state to be convicted of war crimes by an international court since World War II in 1945-46.

Charles Taylor conviction sends warning to tyrants

Last Updated: Friday, April 27, 2012, 13:14

Charles Taylor became the first head of state since World War II to be convicted by an international war crimes court.

Taylor aided war crimes in return for “blood diamonds”: ICC

Last Updated: Thursday, April 26, 2012, 16:23

Charles Taylor is the first African head of state to be convicted by an international court.

`Sierra Leone Prez forced out UN envoy`

Last Updated: Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 11:31

The United Nations was pressured by the president of Sierra Leone to cut short the tour of its mission chief ahead of an election later this year, the envoy said in a letter revealed on Monday.

Sierra Leone leader to press Ivory Coast`s Gbagbo

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 16:34

Sierra Leone`s president is flying to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, where he and other regional leaders will insist that Laurent Gbagbo relinquish his grip on the presidency.

US plotted against me: Taylor in war crimes trial

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 23:54

Charles Taylor claimed Tuesday he was indicted for war crimes as part of a U.S. "regime change" plan to gain control of West African oil reserves, in a typically defiant performance.

Sierra Leone ferry disaster: 120 buried, many still missing

Last Updated: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 08:38

Sierra Leone has recovered and buried the bodies of 120 people who died in this week`s ferry disaster, a naval official said, but scores more passengers are still unaccounted for.