The News Review:

- Vietnam Edge Sierra Leone On Penalties To Enter Merdeka Cup Final
- Sierra Leone: Large Amount of Girls Still Out of School
- Exclusive Interview : Mrs. Isatu Timbo-Nwokedi sending more help …
- Sierra Leone: Slaj as a Force in Democratic Sierra Leone

Vietnam Edge Sierra Leone On Penalties To Enter Merdeka Cup Final
Bernama, Malaysia 
Prior to the penalty shootout, Vietnam who were trailing 0-2 had staged a remarkable fight back to force the match into extra-time. The African nation had dominated play in the early stages of the match and took the lead through Mohamed Kabia in the 39th minute before Dwight Foray made it 2-0 in the 68th minute. However, Vietnam managed to reduce the deficit in the 73rd minute through Trinh Quang Vinh while Nguyen Duc Thien equalised in the 81st minute to force extra-time. Since both teams failed to break the deadlock after 30 minutes of extra-time play, the tie had to be decided by a penalty shootout.

Sierra Leone: Large Amount of Girls Still Out of School
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
Ministry of education, youth and sports in collaboration with UNICEF and other development partners, is marking the Girls Education Week starting on October 20 2008 with theme “Educate a girl for a better quality of life. “According to a joint press statement government and the UN child right agency estimated that 64 per cent of children in Sierra Leone are currently enrolled in primary schools with attendance rates for boys and girls almost equal at that level. GA_googleFillSlot(“AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); “However girls drop out rate is high at the secondary level and attendance rate is only 19 per cent. Without accelerated action to get more girls into school over the next few years, global action to reduce poverty and improve the human condition would be undermined. It is believed that the lack of education impedes young mothers’ ability to provide care for their children and the country the rate of under-five mortality for children born to mothers without any education is 279 per 1,000 live births compared to 164 per 1,000 live births for those born to mothers with secondary education. “This year’s commemoration therefore serves as a clarion call for scaling up girls education, by not just providing access but also ensuring that girls stay in school.

Exclusive Interview : Mrs. Isatu Timbo-Nwokedi sending more help …
Cocorioko, Sierra Leone 
ISATU TIMBO-NWOKEDI, RN Mrs. Isatu Timbo-Nwokedi is really a blessing to Sierra Leone. In an exclusive interview with COCORIOKO yesterday, the patriotic nurse from Rokulan in the Bombali District of Sierra Leone , who now lives in California , announced that she was sending yet another consignment of equipment to Sierra Leone, this time a gigantic 40- foot container stacked with all kinds of medical equipment and supplies for the impoverished hospitals and clinics. Mrs Nwokedi , who spoke to COCORIOKO while very busy working whole day with her brothers loading the container with every imaginable medical equipment , said that the container would be delivered to the office of the First Lady of Sierra Leone, Mrs. Sia Nyama Koroma , at the Presidential Lodge at Hill Station, Freetown. Only two last month, Mrs.
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Sierra Leone: Slaj as a Force in Democratic Sierra Leone
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
Campaigns have not yet officially started, but we are all allowed to make comments and contributions towards the debate as to who and who should be elected into such executive offices because of the importance of SLAJ in the scheme of things in the country. SLAJ represents the fourth estate of the realm. After the Executive, Legislative and the Judiciary, the press is next in line, well above the Medical and Dental Association, the Bar Association, the students associations and so on. This is a constitutional provision that is not even arguable.