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14 November 2007
New 2-page information sheet on Hope-Sierra Leone is available as a pdf download.

11 November 2007
'The following reports are now available:

  • Political Parties and Major Stakeholders Dialogue, Freetown, 3-5 April 2007. Read
  • Report on the Clean Elections Campaign (CEC) Launch in Bo, 28 May 2007. Read
  • Report on the Clean Elections Campaign (CEC) Launch, with photos. Read
  • Report on the Paramount Chiefs and Major Stakeholders Dialogue and Continuous Engagement 6-28 June 2007. Read
  • Report on visit by Imam Sani Isah and Pastor James Wuye and launching of the film “The Imam & The Pastor” in Sierra Leone. Read

02 November 2007
Hope-Sierra Leone's 'Save Mama Salone' campaign features in Global Update No. 8 November 2007. Read

Hope-Sierra Leone Report April-June 2007. Read

Photos added from the August 2007 pre-election rallies in Freetown.

Full report from ‘Save Mama Salone’ campaign (PDF file, 4 MB download!) added.

31 October, 2007
Summary Report from ‘Save Mama Salone’ campaign.

Photos added from the Magburaka Peace Initiative.

September 3rd, 2007
Sierra Leone Elections Observed. Read more.

29 July 2007
Clean Elections Campaign continues in Sierra Leone

Hope-Sierra Leone facilitated a series of Dialogues in June for paramount chiefs and major stakeholders, in advance of Presidential and Constituency elections scheduled for 11 August 2007.

03 August 2007
Sierra Leoneans Work to Overcome Mistrust in Elections

Traditional leadership by paramount chiefs has been the norm in a large part of Sierra Leone, but since the return to multiparty democracy in 1996 their roles and responsibilities have become unclear... Read more.

26 June 2007
Clean Election Campaign Launched in Bo, Sierra Leone.

2007 is a watershed for Sierra Leone’s new democracy, with presidential and parliamentary elections due to take place on 11 August. Prior to the launch, 2 members of the CEC team spent 3 days in Bo town consulting with the Paramount Chief, members of political parties, the Mayor, the Local Unit Commander (Sierra Leone Police), the Provincial Secretary and civil society activists about the feasibility of launching a Clean Elections Campaign there.

13 June 2007
Imam and Pastor Film Premiered in Sierra Leone. Read more

Two days before the visit to Sierra Leone, Imam Ashafa was seriously injured in a road accident so he instructed his deputy, Imam Sani Isah, to go in his stead. The visit was hosted by Hope Sierra Leone.

18 April 2007
Clean Elections Dialogue in Sierra Leone

The dialogue brought together representatives of the various political parties and other stakeholders in Sierra Leone's electoral process, to frankly discuss and share ideas on promoting free, fair and peaceful elections...Electoral stakeholders came from the National Council of Paramount Chiefs, West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), the Sierra Leone Market Women’s Association, the SL Teachers’ Union, SL Police, Forum of Women’s Organizations, UNESCO and the Methodist Church – together with student and youth leaders.

17 February 2007
How Peace and Reconciliation are Coming to Sierra Leone

'History is in the making in Sierra Leone,’ said former Manchester Grammar School teacher Keith Neal, speaking at a Greencoat Forum at the Initiatives of Change (IofC) centre in London, 13 February. Neal is a faculty member of a ‘Moral Foundations for Democracy’ training programme, run by Hope-Sierra Leone.

06 February 2007
Clean Election Campaign Launched in Sierra Leone.

A man, probably in his 50s but looking much older, arrives at Hope-Sierra Leone’s Office in Freetown having walked 30km from his home in Waterloo. His response is typical of many Sierra Leoneans who long for clean, fair and peaceful elections. Despite its potentially lucrative diamond industry, Sierra Leone is one of the world's poorest nations because of corruption and a civil war, partly fueled by a struggle to control the diamonds.

 

 - An Agenda for Reconciliation