Reuters: Sierra Leone News

INTERVIEW-Sierra Leone could jail corrupt foreign investors

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:26:51 +0000

* Commissioner determined to avoid oil "resource curse"

UPDATE 1-Sierra Leone 2009 GDP growth seen 4 pct-finmin

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:03:36 +0000

LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's economy is likely to grow by around 4 percent in 2009, its finance minister said on Wednesday, as the country started a two-day conference to attract international investors and donors.

Sierra Leone 2009 growth seen 4 pct-finance minister

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:22:17 +0000

LONDON, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone is likely to show GDP growth of around 4 percent in 2009, and the country's inflation rate will be around 9 percent, Sierra Leone's finance minister said on Wednesday. "We had projected (growth) somewhere between 5 and 6 percent, we are now scaling back to 4 percent for 2009 because of the (global) crisis," finance minister Samura Kamara told reporters on the sidelines of an investment conference.

INTERVIEW-Sierra Leone: Guinea unrest won't destabilise region

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:10:35 +0000

* Blair backs investment conference, praises S.Leone govt

UPDATE 1-Sierra Leone passes mining bill, hikes royalties

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:17:22 +0000

* For related factbox click [ID:nLH355311] (Recasts, updates with passage of bill)

Mass vaccinations to fight yellow fever in Africa

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:43:26 +0000

* Mosquito-borne virus can cause devastating urban epidemics

FACTBOX-Sierra Leone mining bill would hike royalties

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:25:42 +0000

Nov 17 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone's parliament will vote on a mining bill that would boost royalty rates on the extraction of diamonds, gold and other precious metals and give the government the option to take a stake in big projects.

Sierra Leone mulls mining reform, royalty hike

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:15:49 +0000

FREETOWN, Nov 17 (Reuters) -- Sierra Leone's parliament will vote on Tuesday on a bill that would hike royalties on the extraction of diamonds, gold and other precious metals and give government the right to take a stake in big mining projects.

RPT-FEATURE-African immigrants drift toward Latin America

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:03:20 +0000

BUENOS AIRES, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Stowed away on cargo ships and unsure where their dangerous journeys will take them, increasing numbers of African immigrants are arriving in Latin America as European countries tighten border controls.

INTERVIEW-Titanium Resources says Sierra Leone risk has fallen

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:28:22 +0000

* Investors less worried about country risk than 3-4 yrs ago