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SIERRA LEONE
UN experts are saying a top Charles Taylor associate is living freely in Sierra Leone.
The chief procurement officer in the UN peace-building mission in Sierra Leone has signed three contracts worth more than $2.7m in total, way in excess of his $50 000 per contract limit.
A Sierra Leone official says 29 health officials will appear in court on corruption charges for allegedly defrauded the Gates Foundation's vaccine programme.
Sierra Leone's rebels depended on logistics provided by Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor to kill, rape and mutilate thousands during the west African nation's savage civil war.
Sierra Leone's anti-graft body says it has opened a probe into the alleged misuse of more than a million dollars in donor funds by the health ministry.
Scuffles have broken out at service stations in Sierra Leone’s capital after the government restricted fuel deliveries to deal with a shortage threatening to bring the nation to a halt.
Sierra Leone's ruling All People's Congress has won a majority 67 of 112 seats in the country's parliament, official results from the National Electoral Commission show.
SA President Jacob Zuma has congratulated Republic of Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma on his re-election.
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor should have walked free and not been jailed for war crimes because there was not enough evidence to prove he was guilty beyond reasonable doubt, a judge says.
Julius Maada Bio, beaten into second place in Sierra Leone's presidential poll according to official results, has denounced the election as riddled with fraud.
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has congratulated Sierra Leone's President Ernest Koroma on his re-election for another five-year term.
Sierra Leone President Ernest Koroma has been re-elected after sweeping presidential polls with 58.7% of the vote, with his rival Julius Maada Bio garnering 37.4%, the electoral body says.
International observers say Sierra Leone’s presidential election over the weekend was largely peaceful and well-conducted.
Voters in Sierra Leone are casting ballots in the country's third election since the nation's brutal civil war ended.
Campaigning has wrapped up ahead of weekend elections which are seen as a key test of Sierra Leone's post-war recovery.
