The News Review:

- ECOWAS seeks retention of UN troops in Sierra Leone.
- US creates new peacekeeping force for Ivory Coast
- Karl Prinz Tells Journalists ‘How I Feel About NPRC’.
- ‘GTB Will Continue to Pay Interim Dividend’

ECOWAS seeks retention of UN troops in Sierra Leone.
Free with registration – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 27, 2004
ECOWAS seeks retention of UN troops in Sierra Leone. (27-FEB-04) Asia Africa Intelligence Wire.

US creates new peacekeeping force for Ivory Coast
San Diego Union Tribune – Feb 27, 2004
It is also meant to help the government extend its administration throughout the country and prepare for elections in 2005. The United Nations has blamed Liberians for helping to foment civil war throughout West Africa, first in Sierra Leone and now in Ivory Coast. Liberia has a large peacekeeping force, authorized at 15,000 members. A similar force is now winding down in Sierra Leone.

Karl Prinz Tells Journalists ‘How I Feel About NPRC’.
Free with registration – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 27, 2004
Karl Prinz Tells Journalists ‘How I Feel About NPRC’. (27-FEB-04) Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. Karl Prinz has told journalists how he fell out with.

‘GTB Will Continue to Pay Interim Dividend’
This Day – This Day (subscription) – Feb 27, 2004
This was 17 per cent more than the interim dividend declared at the end of the previous half- year. Agbaje further disclosed that the bank was fully committed towards becoming a regional bank in Africa. The bank maintains that apart from exporting its core values out of the country and helping to train and retain local talent, its subsidiaries in The Gambia and Sierra Leone – Guaranty Trust Bank (Gambia) Ltd and Guaranty Trust Bank (Sierra Leone) Ltd – are also helping to shore up the image of the country abroad. Agbaje further announced that the bank’s branch networks will increase to 60 by the end of the year. He said that all the 60 branches will be on-line. The bank has made tremendous progress in the past few years. For instance, in July last year, the top quality of the bank’s asset and liabilities was affirmed when Agusto & Co, the leading rating agency in Nigeria, awarded the bank a triple a (Aaa) risk asset rating.