The News Review:
- Spotlight falls on corruption in Sierra Leone
- Book Drive to Benefit Sierra Leone
- UNHCR Boss Wants Ex-Combatants Repatriated.
- Fairfax Community Events
Spotlight falls on corruption in Sierra Leone
Independent Online – May 6, 2004
The report released last week by the office of Vice President Solomon Berewa said “corrupt practices in Sierra Leone are widespread. and service delivery by the public sector is generally marked by irregularities and bribery.
Book Drive to Benefit Sierra Leone
W&M The Dog Street Journal – May 6, 2004
6, 2004 | By Declan Gould, DSJ Staff Reporter This fall students all over campus will be bemoaning the high price of textbooks for their classes. But in Sierra Leone in Western Africa where books are scarce, high prices are the least of students’ worries. In order to help increase the availability of books in Sierra Leone, which is recovering from a ten-year civil war that ended two years ago, the African Culture Society (ACS), in partnership with the Alumni for a Responsible College (ARC), and the Leonean Campaign for Good Governance (LCGG), is collecting textbook donations from College students during finals. All books are welcome, and they will be sent to the libraries and colleges of Sierra Leone. Class sets are especially helpful, and professors are encouraged to announce the drive to their classes when they meet for the last time.
UNHCR Boss Wants Ex-Combatants Repatriated.
Free with registration – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – May 6, 2004
(From The News (Nigeria) – AAGM) Byline: Bobby Tapson The High Commissioner of the United Nations Refugee Agency, Ruud Lubbers says he would promote the repatriation of non Liberians former combatants coming from within the sub-region. Lubbers told a news conference Wednesday that the non Liberians former combatants could be from Guinea, Sierra Leone.
Fairfax Community Events
Washington Post – May 6, 2004
HERNDON CHOCOLATE FESTIVAL, chocolate candy, ice cream, lunch, moon bounce, children’s games, crafts, sidewalk artists, silent auction, cake walk, talent show and more, to benefit Western Fairfax Christian Ministries, the Herndon Free Clinic and the Child Rescue Center in Sierra Leone, Africa, 10 a. , Floris United Methodist Church, 2730 Centreville Rd.