The News Review:
- ‘I would not be speaking to you if it weren’t for the risks…
- Leroy Rosenior named as Sierra Leone coach
- Gavilan Graduates Have Grit
- CBC Montreal – Programs – All In A Weekend
- Three Zambian peacekeepers to be awarded posthumously.
‘I would not be speaking to you if it weren’t for the risks…
Guardian Unlimited – May 26, 2007
“We would assure you and the British people that Tony Blair will get a massive welcome, a heroic welcome, when he gets to Sierra Leone,” Mr Bangura, the revenue collector for the Mahera chiefdom, said. “If Tony Blair is not popular in Britain, we would assure you he is popular here. He did all in his power to see the war ended in Sierra Leone. “Mr Bangura was sitting on a low bench at the little village square that Mr Blair visited five years ago, and it has changed little in the intervening years. Hopes that peace would bring development in its wake have long since wilted. A set of metal taps in the square that provided water for the whole village ran dry about two years ago, after a storage tank sprang leaks and was not replaced. Since then villagers have had to rely on a stream, even though there have been repeated outbreaks of cholera.
Leroy Rosenior named as Sierra Leone coach
go.com – May 26, 2007
The former West Ham player, who was recently dismissed afterjust 10 minutes as coach of English conference side TorquayUnited, takes charge of the Group Nine matches against World Cupfinalists Togo on June 3 and again on June 17 in Mali. Rosenior told reporters he would consider a permanentappointment after reviewing the two matches in June. His predecessor Jebor Sherrington will serve as hisassistant along with former Brentford coach Paul Mortimer. Sierra Leone have just one point from their three groupmatches and are bottom of the standings.
Gavilan Graduates Have Grit
Hollister Free Lance – May 26, 2007
A burgeoning civil war in Freetown, Sierra Leone, threatened the sophomore’s dream of becoming an electrical engineer and forced him to flee the country. Now a 27-year-old Gilroyan, Karvon took a step closer to achieving his dream Friday. Karvon was among 397 Gavilan College graduates to receive a diploma at the community college’s 87th annual commencement. More than a thousand cheering family members and friends attended the ceremony. For 48-year-old Maggie Huckabay of Hollister, graduation represented a shift in careers…
“When I first come here, I didn’t even know what the heck is going on,” he said. With basic English skills, even daily responsibilities, such as shopping for groceries, became difficult, let alone achieving his goal of being an electrical engineer. An additional obstacle was that his two years of college in Sierra Leone were not honored in the United States. “When you come here, you have to start fresh,” Karvon said. It took him one year of high school and two years of English classes at Gavilan before he possessed the credentials and skills necessary to begin science classes. It took another three years to finish the credits for an associate of arts degree. While commencement was a celebration, it was also the beginning of another long journey for Karvon.
CBC Montreal – Programs – All In A Weekend
cbc.ca – May 26, 2007
caMay 20, 2007Rosalyn McCarthy is the national Chairperson of the Women’s Forum in Sierra Leone. She’s in Canada to talk about a new international campaign by the Rights and Democracy-based Coalition for Women’s Human Rights in Conflict Situations. You can see more about this campaign on the Rights and Democracy website:.
Three Zambian peacekeepers to be awarded posthumously.
highbeam.com – May 26, 2007
All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) LUSAKA, May 26, 2007 (Xinhua via COMTEX) — Three Zambian peacekeepers who died last year while serving in the United Nations peacekeeping operations will be among others to be awarded the Dag Hammarskold medals posthumously, state-owned Zambia News and Information Services (ZANIS) reported Saturday. The three are major Philip Chanda who died in Sierra Leone, corporal Trigor Usaki and constable Chunika Kangwa who died in Sudan, ZANIS cited a statement released by the country’s mission to the Untied Nations. The commemorative ceremony would be held on May 30 in New York, ZANIS said. UN Under-Secretary-General for peacekeeping operations Jean- Marie Guehenno would.