The capital, Freetown, was founded as a home for repatriated former slaves in 1787.
Their commander, Brigadier David Richards, argues that their success in Freetown justifies the force's creation.
Hastings in East Sussex was officially twinned with Hastings near Freetown, Sierra Leone, in 2007.
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He was holding court in a modest sitting room above a shop in downtown Freetown.
Fighters on both sides found common cause against the people they saw as Freetown fatcats.
The order to move came on Wednesday, and Air Partner dispatched a Boeing 747 to Freetown, the capital.
It took around six hours to drive from the Sierra Leone capital Freetown, to Kabala in the north.
Ambassador PIERRE PROSPER (Ambassador at Large for War Crimes, U.S. Department of State): We wanted it in Freetown.
Only the efforts of a few hundred British paratroopers prevented the insurgents from seizing the capital of Freetown.
The dog ran off towards Freetown and was captured by its handler at about 21:50 GMT on King Street.
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The heavily-armed Indian convoy heading out to the front line is intended to block the rebels route into Freetown.
RUF's founder, a former army photographer, Foday Sankoh, has been imprisoned in Freetown.
Uncertainty has led many people to flee Freetown for Guinea in recent days.
Sierra Leone must overcome a 1-0 deficit against Congo in Freetown or face almost three years without competitive international football.
If they stand for anything, it is the resentment that many rural Sierra Leoneans feel for the fat-cats of Freetown.
He has now set up the Craig Bellamy Foundation, which will start to build an academy in the capital Freetown.
The outbreak has been most severe in the capital, Freetown, where there have been 100 deaths in the last month alone.
The group also wants to build a museum in Freetown as part of efforts to shed light on the island's dark past.
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At the start of the 21st century, Freetown symbolises failure and despair.
Mr Dobrowolski, who came to Sierra Leone in 2008, started Flash because he was frustrated at the costly, shoddy car-hire services in Freetown.
The island's government has given the money to the international charity Oxfam which is working in the capital, Freetown, one of the hardest hit areas.
After he returned to Freetown, Mohamed Forna was sucked into politics.
Last month, President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah was joined by rebel leaders and international guests at a peace ceremony in an army camp in the capital, Freetown.
Elsewhere in Freetown, loudspeakers encourage people to pay up and tax-collectors go door-to-door, while queues of tax-payers have been seen to form at the city council.
The U.N. decided to move Taylor's trial from Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, to the Hague last year because of concerns that Taylor's presence would harm stability and security in the region.
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Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ghana qualified for the biennial tournament by virtue of finishing in the top three places at the first African Amputees Nations Cup in Freetown earlier in the year.
British military support for the peacekeepers and the Sierra Leone government army helped to stabilise the situation, crucially securing Lungi airport outside Freetown to allow the UN to bring in more troops.
The role of the British soldiers - initially deployed to evacuate foreigners, but not for combat - appears to be expanding as they have been seen manning roadblocks at key junctions outside Freetown.
In Freetown, the smashed-up capital of Sierra Leone, where hotels charge New York prices for rooms and meals, another moneyed elite (both local and foreign) inflates the price of everything from toothpaste to bananas.
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