The News Review:
- Guinea, Sierra Leone bury border differences
- GUINEA-SIERRA LEONE: Death toll from cholera outbreak rises
- Amnesty International Breaks Silence.
- Polio Victims Demonstrate Against Eviction.
- Unamsil Hosts Meeting On West Africa Inter-Mission.
Guinea, Sierra Leone bury border differences
Independent Online – Sep 7, 2004
Guinea moved several hundred soldiers with tanks and heavy weapons over a river border into eastern Sierra Leone four years ago to stop insurgents fighting in the former British colony from attacking Guinea. However the presence of Guinean troops in Yenga two years after the end of Sierra Leone’s civil war had become a bone of contention between the West African nations. Sierra Leone President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah discussed the border issue with his Guinean counterpart Lansana Conte on the sidelines of a regional summit in Guinea’s capital Conakry last week and issued a joint statement afterwards saying: “Yenga is and remains Sierra Leonean.
GUINEA-SIERRA LEONE: Death toll from cholera outbreak rises
IRINnews.org – Sep 7, 2004
The Geneva-based Federation said in a statement on Monday that 561 cholera cases and 55 deaths had been recorded in Sierra Leone up to 30 August, giving a death rate of nearly 10 percent. It said the Red Cross was making plans to deal with up to 4,000 cases of the highly infectious disease in the West African country. The Federation said Guinea had reported 333 cases of cholera and 31 deaths up to 31 August, but the situation there seemed to be under control. The disease first appeared in Guinea following exceptionally heavy rainfall during the second half of July.
Amnesty International Breaks Silence.
Free with registration – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 7, 2004
Amnesty International Breaks Silence. | Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (September, 2004).
Polio Victims Demonstrate Against Eviction.
Free with registration – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 7, 2004
–> COPYRIGHT 2004 Financial Times Ltd. (From Concord Times (Sierra Leone) – AAGM) Byline: Rachel Horner Disabled persons living near Bus Station Monday morning chanted slogans along the streets of Freetown against the Sierra Leone Chamber of Commerce for evicting them from their ’settlement’ without prior notice. Speaking to Concord Times, chairman for ” House.
Unamsil Hosts Meeting On West Africa Inter-Mission.
Free with registration – Asia Africa Intelligence Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Sep 7, 2004
Unamsil Hosts Meeting On West Africa Inter-Mission. | Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (September, 2004).

