Sierra Leone
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Defeated candidate to challenge Sierra Leone election outcome
- Africa
- April 5, 2018, 10:36
The candidate who lost Sierra Leone’s presidential run-off vote has said his party intends to challenge the results in court. The country’s National (...)

Idris Elba’s sitcom is a breezy take on black British experience
- TV, Radio, Web
- March 29, 2018, 23:00
In the second episode of In the Long Run (Sky One, Thursday, 10pm), a new sitcom created by Idris Elba, an immigrant fresh from Sierra Leone watches H(...)

Eight of the best TV shows to watch this week
- TV, Radio, Web
- March 25, 2018, 06:00
Russian Spy Assassins: The Salisbury Attack Monday, Channel 4, 10pm Matt Frei explores the poisoning of Russian Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yuli(...)

‘My daughter cannot come here, it’s killing me’
- Social Affairs
- March 7, 2018, 01:40
The first thing Mamusu Kamara did when the letter arrived confirming her application for refugee status had been successful was to call the Department(...)

Irish charities condemn behaviour of Oxfam staff in Haiti and Chad
- Social Affairs
- February 12, 2018, 20:52
Irish charities have condemned the behaviour of senior Oxfam staff following allegations of sexual misconduct in Haiti and Chad and have denied coveri(...)

Finish the year on a musical high with Loah
- Music
- December 16, 2017, 05:00
Loah Róisín Dubh, Galway, Sunday December 17th, 8pm, €12.50/€10 roisindubh.net Twenty-seventeen has been a good year for Loah, but it’s been an even(...)

A lot to learn from Ethiopian refugee camps, says aid worker
- Social Affairs
- November 30, 2017, 19:00
European leaders should visit refugee camps in Ethiopia and Uganda to learn how to manage the stream of asylum seekers arriving on Italian, Greek and (...)

‘Dad didn’t hack people up, he didn’t rape’
- Africa
- November 8, 2017, 01:00
Philip Taylor is losing patience with the chickens. They peck at his feet, flapping their wings and clucking furiously. “I’m gonna freakin’ . . .” he (...)

Hint of Charles Taylor link may yet hurt Liberia’s would-be king
- Africa
- October 14, 2017, 02:00
There’s a kerfuffle in the court of King George. Ex-soccer star George Weah, who is leading the race to become Liberia’s next president, has just issu(...)

Soccer great Weah denies links to notorious warlord
- Africa
- October 9, 2017, 01:00
It’s a big day in Todee, a village deep in the bush of Montserrado County, in Liberia. Locals have packed into its hall to hear the renowned footballe(...)