The News Review:

- UN Urges Commitment to Sierra Leone Peace
- Taylor ‘behind Guinea coup plot’
- General News of Tuesday, 3 May 2005

UN Urges Commitment to Sierra Leone Peace
Diamonds.net – May 3, 2005
May 3, 2005) Peacekeepers from the United Nations (U. ) will leave Sierra Leone in December 2005, but the agency urges the world to remain committed to helping the country overcome challenges that remain. After five years, peacekeeping efforts are touted as a U.

Taylor ‘behind Guinea coup plot’
BBC News – May 3, 2005
David Crane, who wants Mr Taylor to face trial for alleged crimes during Sierra’s Leone civil war, said the information came from several sources. Guinea has always feared being caught up in the brutal conflicts which wracked Liberia and Sierra Leone. Mr Taylor is in exile in Nigeria, which has told him to stay out of politics. ‘Turmoil’Mr Conte backed the Lurd rebels who ousted Mr Taylor in 2003 and Mr Crane says Mr Taylor was trying to get revenge. Mr Crane said that according to his “multiple sources” another attempt would be made “soon”.

General News of Tuesday, 3 May 2005
ghanaweb.com – May 3, 2005
In a declaration in Bo, the Chiefs pointed out that the mechanism would enable the people to live in peace, which is a pre-requisite for development. They promised to uphold, preserve and make the institution of chieftaincy sacrosanct in Sierra Leone through enlightened leadership based on the principles of good governance. The 149 Paramount Chiefs made the declaration when the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, addressed them in Bo in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone. Otumfuo Osei Tutu’s topic was “The Role of Traditional Leaders in Modern Day Governance – The Way Forward”.