The News Review:
- Diasporian News of Wednesday, 27 April 2005
- General News of Wednesday, 27 April 2005
- US Identifies Arms-for-Diamonds Dealer
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Diasporian News of Wednesday, 27 April 2005
ghanaweb.com – Apr 27, 2005
King Prempeh was deported to the West African state, to break the resistance of the Asante Confederacy to British colonial rule, before being sent to Seychelles to deny him access to his visiting subjects from Ghana. Ghana’s High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Mr Kabral Blay-Amihere said the ceremony on No. 9 Howe Street, was a demonstration of the rich bond of ties that existed between Ghana and Sierra. It also signified the resilience of Asantes to defy all odds and emerged victorious in their anti-colonial struggles. Mr Amihere said nothing could defeat the collective will of a united people concerted in their action for a purpose. The Sierra Leonean Deputy Foreign Minister, Dr Mohammed Lamine Kamara said the ceremony was a further demonstration of the heritage that bonded the two countries.
General News of Wednesday, 27 April 2005
ghanaweb.com – Apr 27, 2005
He said traditional leaders who could not assert themselves through designing projects on education, health and sanitation among others, risked losing their authority and the trust of the people. “Development projects are the only way traditional leaders can win the confidence of their subject and society at large,” Otumfuo said. The Asantehene was speaking during a courtesy call on the Sierra Leonean President Ahmed Tejan Kabba, at the Presidential Lodge in Freetown on the first day of his week- long official visit to the West African state. “Traditional leaders must serve as conduit pipes between their communities and government in partnership that deliver development.
US Identifies Arms-for-Diamonds Dealer
Diamonds.net – Apr 27, 2005
The firms designated include Bout’s flagship Air Cess. This company first appeared in Belgium in 1996, although it was registered in Monrovia, Liberia. It played a key role in supplying arms to Charles Taylor’s regime in Liberia and the Sierra Leone rebel group, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF. ) In exchange for these supplies, Bout received payment from the Liberia’s international ship registry as well as diamonds and other valuable commodities acquired illegally by Taylor’s associates and the RUF, the Treasury said.
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Times Online – Apr 27, 2005
He has mimicked the lady’s buccaneering approach to foreign policy, with no fewer than four wars, in Kosovo, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and Iraq. Under Mr Blair there seems no chance of Britain entering the euro. He is praying that French voters next month rescue him from a referendum on the dreaded European constitution. His biographers maintain that the original new Labour project was purely tactical, to avoid any policies that risked the party’s “electability”. What began as a tactic graduated to a strategy.