Category Archives: News Reports

The Streets of Freetown, Sierra Leone – News/Documentary

S Leone honours Africa slave campaigners
By Yvonne Ndege-Burke and Mohammed Fajah-Barrie
BBC Africa, Freetown
Tuesday, 20 March 2007, 09:41 GMT

As the UK marks 200 years since it abolished the slave trade, Sierra Leone has decided to purge its capital, Freetown, of streets named after the British and replace them with the names of Africans who fought in the abolition movement. read more

Nigeria: The Persecution of Poor Herb Farmers and Traders

Meet Victoria Kokobi, Indian hemp dealer who disguised as garri merchant
Monday, February 11, 2008

For Victoria, a 62-year-old grandmother, garri business is hard and not lucrative when compared with sales of marijuana. For several years, she has been involved in the trade, using garri as a cover up, but recently, the eagle eyes of the officials of the NDLEA got her. read more