General information

Call No.:

350-3-2:4/3

Part of series

HU OSA 350-3-2 Records of the International Monitor Institute: Africa: Sierra Leone

Located at

BetaSP NTSC #4 / No. 3

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00009776

Date of production

1998-05

Date

1998

Level

Item

Primary Type

Moving image

Language

English

Duration

3 min.

Content

Form/Genre

Television program

Contents Summary

Shots of various British newspaper headlines concerning the purported link between the British military and Sandline International, a private military company (PMC) suspected of having shipped arms to Sierra Leone in defiance of a UN embargo. It continues with excerpts from a British talk show from May 10, 1998, featuring British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook and an interview with Tim Spicer, a Sandline official. It includes footage of Freetown and of President Kabbah embracing a Sierra Leone official upon his return to the capital in February 1998. The recording ends with Robin Cook at a press conference on May 9, 1998, in London.

Context

Associated Names

APTN (Creator/Author)