The News Review:
- Sierra Leone: Newspaper Development
- Sierra Leone: An Obscure Battlefield in the War on Terrorism
- Pharmacy Board cautioned Fake Drugs Importers in Sierra Leone.
- 100 Days of Ernest Koroma as President of Sierra Leone.
- US Embassy Increases Visa Fees in Sierra Leone.
Sierra Leone: Newspaper Development
AllAfrica.com – Dec 28, 2007
However, most of what was achieved by the first set of thirty-one newspapers that registered between 1939 and 1984 remained a flash in the pan. From 1991, the industry has seen over forty newspapers come and gone; leaving less than fifteen dailies in a country of close to 6 million people. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); The history of the press, newspapers to be specific, in Sierra Leone could be traced to as far back as 1794. Some fourteen years later (1808) there was a major breakthrough.
Sierra Leone: An Obscure Battlefield in the War on Terrorism
Jamestown Foundation – Dec 28, 2007
The surrounding hills are covered with hastily constructed shanties made of corrugated iron, plastic, or any other material that can be turned into shelter. Further a field in the countryside, villages lay barren and evoke only the horrific memories of an almost decade-old civil war. This war-torn West African society, which every passing day teeters on collapse, is the last place in which one would expect the “cat and mouse” game between the West and Islamic extremists to unfold. As the al-Qaeda network morphs from a defined terrorist group into an amorphous ideology of “al-Qaedism,” Sierra Leone–because of its historical ties to terrorism, internal dynamics, and external influences–could soon be pushed to the forefront of the war against terrorism.
Pharmacy Board cautioned Fake Drugs Importers in Sierra Leone.
Awareness Times – Dec 28, 2007
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100 Days of Ernest Koroma as President of Sierra Leone.
Awareness Times – Dec 28, 2007
By Our Editorial Board Dec 28, 2007, 18:34 December 26 (Boxing Day) made President Ernest Koroma 100 days in office. Steering the ship of state for 100 days is itself an achievement, especially given the bitterly contested elections which his APC party won with a smack of controversy. In developed democracies, hundred days are what is allotted to any emerging leadership for the public to start making informed and critical assessments of its achievements and failings. The tradition has filtered down to upcoming democracies, among which Sierra Leone can be named. In these first hundred days of the leadership of President Koroma, therefore, it is but fitting that the performance of his government is put under scrutiny, as it would help to give an indication of what the future holds in store for the nation.
US Embassy Increases Visa Fees in Sierra Leone.
Awareness Times – Dec 28, 2007
Embassy in Freetown wishes to inform applicants that, effective January 1, 2008, the application fee for U. non-immigrant visas will increase from $100 (Le 300,000) to $131 (Le 393,000). This worldwide increase will permit the U.