Sierra Leone

30-31	June 2008 Readings/Article A servant to my chief SEE ALSO: Atrocities; Taylor, Charles Ghankay; Civil War, 1989-; Civil War, 1991-2002; Marzah, Joseph; Liberia; 1980-; Sierra Leone; Switzerland; Trials, litigation, etc.; Views on atrocities; War crime trials PDF IMAGES
31-34	June 2008 Readings/Article Endless reasons to die By Anthony Loyd SEE ALSO: Loyd, Anthony; Career as war correspondent; Civil War, 1991-2002; Personal narratives, British; Sierra Leone; Traffic accident victims; Translators PDF IMAGES
28	May 2002 Readings/Article In chicken country By Peter C. Andersen (Trans.) SEE ALSO: Chickens; Quotations, maxims, etc.; Sierra Leone PDF IMAGES
44-55	February 1997 Article An army of one's own: In Africa, nations hire a corporation to wage war By Elizabeth Rubin SEE ALSO: Career as owner of Executive Outcomes (South Africa : Mercenary corporation); Barlow, Eeben; Guerrilla warfare; Mercenary troops; Sierra Leone; South Africa PDF IMAGES

Sep 2005	Number of times that the U.N. has extended its peacekeeping mission in Sierra Leone : 11	Harper's Index Source: United Nations (N.Y.C.)
Sep 1999	Minimum estimated number of Sierra Leoneans whose limbs, ears, or lips were chopped off last year by rebel forces: 4,000	Harper's Index Source: Amnesty International (N.Y.C.)

April 3, 2006	Former Liberian president Charles Taylor was caught attempting to flee Nigeria and was sent to Sierra Leone, where he pleaded not guilty to 11 counts of war crimes.	Weekly Review By Paul Ford Source: The New York Times
November 7, 2005	Polio was eradicated in Sierra Leone.	Weekly Review By Paul Ford Source: AllAfrica.com
June 4, 2004	The Special Court for Sierra Leone, a United Nations-sponsored war-crimes tribunal, opened, though the prime suspect, former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor, was enjoying political asylum in Nigeria.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: New York Times
December 6, 2003	There was rioting in Freetown, Sierra Leone, after two dwarf comedians were substituted for a pair of Nigerian midgets called Aki and Paw Paw, who didn't show up for a performance.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge Source: Associated Press
February 13, 2001	Political violence continued in Afghanistan, China, Colombia, Congo, Ecuador, Guinea, Indonesia, Iran, Kashmir, Liberia, Nigeria, Palestine, the Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, and elsewhere.	Weekly Review By Roger D. Hodge