Journalists for Human Rights

Freetown, Sierra Leone - The talk of Freetown is power.  The capital city has been without reliable electricity since the 1980s.  Newly elected President Ernest Bai Koroma has promised power to the people for December 20, 2007.  ABC TV’s Wotay Kamara takes a look at how the media has been coping.

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If you have not heard from a relative for some months or years now, then authorities at the Accra Police Hospital are asking you to check on him or her at the Police Hospital mortuary. According to the hospital authorities there are scores of unknown bodies there. Mass burial has been organized for two hundred and twenty four unknown bodies from January to October this year. Seth Kwame Boateng has been touring the Accra Police Hospital mortuary. He reports that for some officials, the surplus of bodies is becoming troubling.

Alison Lang and Seth Kwame Boateng Report

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