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- Interview: Christa Räder, World Food Programme Country Director …
- DEVELOPMENT-SIERRA LEONE: Living Off Scraps
- POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: The Ups And Downs Of Zainab Bangura
- UNIPSIL Starts Operation in Sierra Leone
- Awareness Times News Briefs from Sierra Leone
Interview: Christa Räder, World Food Programme Country Director …
Blogcritics.org, OH
The war destroyed most of the country's socioeconomic and physical infrastructure, and caused unprecedented population displacement. Domestic production of rice, the country’s main staple, currently only meets about 70 percent of the consumption requirements. The remainder needs to be imported at increasingly expensive prices. Located in West Africa, Sierra Leone ranks last out of the 177 countries listed in the latest United Nations Human Development Index.
DEVELOPMENT-SIERRA LEONE: Living Off Scraps
Inter Press Service, Italy
Their mission: to dig through the mounds of garbage in search of scrap metal. Kamara, 38, lost her husband nine years ago, when rebels of the Revolutionary United Front invaded the capital Freetown, at the peak of the civil war. In the carnage that followed, hundreds of civilians were killed, among them her husband. Since then, Kamara has had the sole responsibility of bringing up her boys, now aged 14 and 16, as well as looking after six other members of her family, including her elderly mother.
POLITICS-SIERRA LEONE: The Ups And Downs Of Zainab Bangura
Inter Press Service, Italy
Only time will tell. " FREETOWN, Oct 3 (IPS) – Her reputation as a fiery orator is enhanced whenever she takes the podium, her punch softened by her broad smiles and gorgeous attires in West African style. Zainab Bangura, Sierra Leone's Foreign Affairs Minister, is arguably the country's best-known female politician and civil society activist. She has been making headlines since the 1990s, first by denouncing corruption and later by being the first woman to dare run for the country's highest office — the presidency — in 2002. "It's been a difficult and challenging road," she told IPS. "What I have done is simply to inspire more women to step up and take prominent positions in governance, and take control of their destinies. "Zainab Bangura, who turns 49 in December, did not start out as a politician.
UNIPSIL Starts Operation in Sierra Leone
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone
The office succeeded the United Nations in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL), which successfully completed its mandate on 30th September 2008. During a press briefing on Thursday 2nd September 2008 at the Conference Room of UNIPSIL, Mammy Yoko in Freetown, Acting Executive Representative of the Secretary General (AERSG), Mr. Michael von den Schulenburg said UNIPSIL is the outcome of Security Council Resolution 1829 of August 4, 2008 which requested its establishment for a period of 12 months beginning 1st October 2008. “According to the resolution, the aim of UNIPSIL is to focus on and support the Government of Sierra Leone in its efforts to address the challenges of post conflict,” Mr.
Awareness Times News Briefs from Sierra Leone
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone
The report released by the Society for Democratic Initiative (SDI) categorically states that the police is yet to be investigated for the recent beating of five journalists at State House and the SLPP Headquarters. “The indiscipline in the Police is not new, and it is now glaring that the Force is becoming partisan,” SDI Executive Director, Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai is reported as saying. Salone Signs Protocol to Tackle Child LabourIn collaboration with the International Labour Organization, Sierra Leones Ministry of Labour and Industrial Relations is said to have signed a four year protocol to tackle “Child Labour for Education” in Sierra Leone. The Ministrys Permanent Secretary, M. V Kanneh is reported to have expressed the need for stakeholders to support children in acquiring education to prepare them for a prosperous future. He reportedly expressed thanks to the government and its international partners for preparing a protocol which would tackle the increase in child labour practices. Salone Clamours for Stock ExchangeReports monitored from local tabloids have intimated that the Stock Exchange Technical Committee (SETC) is presently spearheading the establishment of a formal Capital Market.