The News Review:

- Sierra Leone: Commonwealth-UN Discussions On Peace Building
- Sierra Leone crackdown on weapons
- Here are the winning articles of the 2005 Hemingway Writing Awards…
- LEOCEM Boosts Kanikay Community in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Commonwealth-UN Discussions On Peace Building
AllAfrica.com – Sep 27, 2007
Don McKinnon, Commonwealth Secretary-General told Ms McAskie that he looked forward to working closely with the UN Peace Building Commission (PBC) towards consolidating political stability and promoting social and economic development in the country. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); The Commonwealth sent a team of Observers to Sierra Leone for the recent Presidential and Parliamentary elections, including the run-off. The Observer Group's report said the elections had been credible, fair and peaceful. The team also made recommendations, highlighting the problems of youth unemployment, the provision of infrastructure and social services, and corruption and accountability issues.

Sierra Leone crackdown on weapons
Independent Online – Sep 27, 2007
The arms ban, which came into effect on Thursday, does not include members of the security forces. It also covered machetes and cutlasses, outside of their justified use for farming. The crackdown followed the election of President Ernest Bai Koroma in a September 8 poll seen as a test of stability in the former British colony, five years after the end of a 1991-2002 civil war, one of Africa’s most brutal conflicts. Citizens had two weeks in which to surrender the prohibited weapons after which possession would be deemed “an act of defiance” that would land offenders in court, Assistant Inspector General of Police Chris Charley told reporters.

Here are the winning articles of the 2005 Hemingway Writing Awards…
Kansas City Star – Sep 27, 2007
On March 15, 2001 Hawa arrived in Kansas City. March 15 is now her birthday. There were no birth Certificates in Sierra Leone. Take to Olathe Medical Center, Hawa received her second and third surgeries, stump revisions, where excess scar tissue was removed from her wrists. Beth Whalen was working in media relations at the hospital when she first noticed Hawa. “She was so quiet and she ws so sweet…
Hawa continues to improve her English skills and do well in school. “If you don’t work hard in school how are you to get a job?” Hawa said,”I want to go to college. I want to be a nurse…
to go back to Sierra Leone. ” In October Hawa went to Homecoming with some friends. After a meal at IHOP, it was off to the dance. She was dressed ina traditional West African dress, one of two that were her only original possessions brought from Sierra Leone. Shaking her hip, moving her legs, and swaying her arms, Hawa danced up until the last song.

LEOCEM Boosts Kanikay Community in Sierra Leone
Awareness Times – Sep 27, 2007
Children in both primary and secondary schools are said to have benefited from this timely gesture. In presenting the packages, the Corporations Managing Director, Mr.