The News Review:

- Pak general heads UN mission in Sierra Leone.
- SABCnews.com – africa/west_africa
- TGS-NOPEC Announces New 3D Survey in Cote d’Ivoire.

Pak general heads UN mission in Sierra Leone.
Free with registration – PTI – The Press Trust of India Ltd – AccessMyLibrary.com – Oct 10, 2003
–> COPYRIGHT 2003 Asia Pulse Pte Ltd United Nations, Oct 10 (PTI) Major General Sajjad Akram of Pakistan has been appointed as the Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone. Daniel Opande, who takes over as the Force Commander for the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). Earlier, Akram was.

SABCnews.com – africa/west_africa
SABC News – Oct 10, 2003
A council statement, issued after a closed-door briefing on the situation in Liberia, “expressed concern that former President Charles Taylor is still attempting to influence events in Liberia and noted that “any interference from Mr. Taylor could threaten the carefully constructed peace agreement in that country. A former warlord indicted for war crimes by a UN-backed tribunal in neighbouring Sierra Leone, Taylor agreed under international pressure to leave Liberia for Nigeria on August 11, raising hopes of an end to 14 years of nearly constant conflict that he himself began in 1989. But Taylor, now living in Calabar in southeastern Nigeria, told Liberians as he left, “God willing, I will be back. A new government is due to take over in Liberia on October 14, but the country is still largely in the hands of faction fighters, many of them once loyal to Taylor.

TGS-NOPEC Announces New 3D Survey in Cote d’Ivoire.
Free with registration – Business Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Oct 10, 2003
10, 2003 TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company announced today that it has begun acquiring a new multi-client 3D survey offshore Cote d’Ivoire. Following a series of successful 2D surveys offshore Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria, this well pre-funded 2,400 square kilometer deepwater 3D.