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  1. Improving reintegration of former combatants

    ... Many have been in Africa, including more than 72,000 in Sierra Leone, 100,000 in Liberia and 28,000 in Burundi. Some 126,000 are in the ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 26 Feb 2013

  2. Africa In Brief

    ... Republic of the Congo, Timor-Leste, Lebanon, Liberia and Sierra Leone, among other countries. “Many Ghanaians have made the ultimate ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 26 Feb 2013

  3. Africa a priority for new UN head

    ... peace in Burundi (another $35 mn was allocated to Sierra Leone in March). He also reaffirmed the UN’s support for helping the AU build ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 26 Feb 2013

  4. Pact to end use of children in war

    ... beyond. Mr. Ishmael Beah, a former child soldier from Sierra Leone, elaborated. If young ex-combatants are not rehabilitated, he said, they ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 26 Feb 2013

  5. Taking on violence against women in Africa

    ... of the Mano River Women’s Network, which works in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. “There is a need for lawyers who are well trained in ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 26 Feb 2013

  6. Broadcasting peace: radio a tool for recovery

    ... peace after wars have ended. UNAMSIL Radio in Sierra Leone: Finding the resources to maintain such stations after UN peacekeeping ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 26 Feb 2013

  7. Linking disarmament with justice

    ... Similarly, some form of amnesty featured in peace talks in Sierra Leone, Liberia, the DRC and other countries. In 2000, Uganda adopted an ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 26 Feb 2013

  8. Africa Watch

    ... as deputy special representative in Côte d’Ivoire and Sierra Leone, among other positions. Photograph: UN Photo / Eskinder Debebe ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 26 Feb 2013

  9. Investing in the health of Africa’s mothers

    ... woman in Sweden has only 1 in 30,000 chances of dying, in Sierra Leone the risk is 1 in 7. In 2002, the WHO warned that if nothing is done to ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 26 Feb 2013

  10. Safeguarding children from armed conflict

    ... children in armed conflict have now been “delisted.” Sierra Leone and Liberia used to have large numbers of child soldiers. But they are ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 25 Feb 2013