Sierra Leone Videos

In this interview David Crossweller talks about the work of the charity "Wherever the Need" which he co founded. Wherever the Need works in Sierra Leone, India and elsewhere. Their Website is

UNICEF correspondent Thomas Nybo reports on Goodwill Ambassador David Beckham's visit to Sierra Leone during the lead up to the launch of The State of the World's Children 2008.

Watch the Kanye West Music Video for 'Diamonds From Sierra Leone' from Kanye West's Album 'Late Registration'.

Operation Barras,Sierra Leone

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In a National Geographic Special Diamonds of War that premiered on U.S. television this week, reporter Dominic Cunningham Reid went from the streets of Manhattan to the diamond exchanges of Antwerp to the war ravaged hills of Sierra Leone, investigating the history, culture and global politics that drive the diamond industry. Cunningham Reid documented the consequences of a civil war fueled by the diamond black market and revealed the harsh lives of those who risk life and limb to mine the prec

Liberian president Charles Taylor leaves Sierra Leone

In Blood Diamond Jennifer Connelly became a journalist to interview the real people her character was based upon, and learned what still exists of Africa's strife. Keywords:Sierra Leone, Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou

Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer Leonardo DiCaprio a South African mercenary and Solomon Vandy Djimon Hounsou a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon who was taken from his family a...

et against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer Leonardo DiCaprio a South African mercenary and Solomon Vandy Djimon Hounsou a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives. While in prison for smuggling, Archer learns that Solomon who was taken from his family an...

Oh Africa, hear the children cry! Vick Fornah is from Sierra Leone, West Africa. Cry Africa is from the music cd, 'Hold My Hand', which made Vick a household name in Sierra Leone. With all the wars, poverty and suffering in Africa, Vick tells her story with music and captivating words for the need to stop the fighting and the suffering of the children in the continent...

For more information: amputee soccer players formerly child soldiers of opposing rebel groups are held up as the new hope of Liberia. The Amputee Football Federation of Liberia has already played in international matches in Sierra Leone and Russia. Now they're gearing up to go to Turkey. Although these players win medals, they still struggle to meet their basic needs.

Video montage from the 2007 African Amputees Nations Cup Football Soccer Championships. The tournament was played in the national stadium in Freetown, Sierra Leone, from 9 to 14 February 2007, and was won by Ghana, who defeated Liberia by a score of 4 3 in the gold medal match. Sierra Leone finished third.

Double amputee tells his story.Im hoping to raise awareness through these interviews and help raise funds.Look at my Sierra Leone web page on

Nature is back in Freetown Sierra Leone. His deep poetics reflect on the war and look towards the future for his healing country.

I got bored one day and made this video about the 9 year civil war Sierra Leone endured and how Ishmael Beah's book A Long Way Gone helped increase awareness. I own none of these pictures nor any of the music.

An investigation into how diamonds from the conflict regions of war torn Sierra Leone were used to fund and finance the countrys 12 year civil war. DVD available now riceNpeas.com

These are unbelievable images from the war in Sierra Leone, which lasted 11 years and ended 5 years ago. This is what you never get to see in the news. This is how brutal war is. The question is: why do we never get to see this on the news? As long as we don't see it, the world doesn't act! Also see look for MAY 2007 on that website for more information.

The story of women working together to change politics, and make a place for women in leadership, in the once war torn nation of Sierra Leone.View Part II here: more about us

A video about the civil war in Sierra Leone in the 1990s that Rachel and I made for the Invisible Children con at Ferris High School.Filmed and Edited by: Nathan Mascardo and Rachel Sullivan

This is my 2nd small documentary and this one is on the civil war in Sierra Leone. The theme of the contest was triumph and tragedy in history. Hope you guys like it !

Former Coronation Street actress Suranne Jones talks with child soldiers forced into combat during the civil war in Sierra Leone.

The decade long civil war of the 1990s in Sierra Leone created an estimated 2.1 million refugees. At least half were children, most of whom suffered appallingly high levels of atrocity and cruelty resulting in a generation with mental health trauma. Plan organises school workshops with Respect Rappers, a collective of around 30 performers, many of them ex combatants. The rappers teach children about their rights and try to inspire them to finish their studies.