SIERRA LEONE: Truth commission faces massive shortfall

Sierra Leone's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is facing a massive shortfall in funding but its interim secretariat is hopeful that funds will be forthcoming, Ilan Lax, Policy Adviser to the Interim Secretariat, told IRIN on Tuesday. The TRC has so far received a commitment of US $500,000 from Britain out of a total budget of $9.6 million.