October 25th, 2008

Exclusive Interview : Mrs. Isatu Timbo-Nwokedi sending more help …

The News Review:

- Exclusive Interview : Mrs. Isatu Timbo-Nwokedi sending more help …
- AfDB builds US$ 2.5 million fish-landing project in Sierra Leone
- ‘Timap For Justice’ Frees Woman Accused Of Murder In Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone: SDI Supports Commission of Inquiry
- Sierra Leone: Kamara Faces MLS Suspension

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.

AfDB builds US$ 2.5 million fish-landing project in Sierra Leone
Afrique en ligne, France 
6 billion-leones (US$ 2. 5million) site for the provision of fish-landing and ancillary facilities. Speaking at the sod-turning ceremony at the Kondo Water Wharf in Goderich, west of Freetown, Koroma said “I am happy to turn the sod for a project that will change the face of Goderich,” promising to extend the programme to Tombo, Shenge and Bonthe. “Fishermen in Sierra Leone have waited for too long for change.

‘Timap For Justice’ Frees Woman Accused Of Murder In Sierra Leone
Standard Times Press, Sierra Leone 
Timap’s client, a thirty year-old woman from the north of Sierra Leone, was found not guilty and now walks as a free woman after three years of incarceration. Timap’s Director and Co-founder Simeon M.
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Sierra Leone: SDI Supports Commission of Inquiry
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
Society for Democratic Initiatives Sierra Leone (SDI) has welcomed the formation of a commission of inquiry to investigate past government officials and put an end to the culture of impunity. According to a press release “SDI views this move by government as a laudable venture, in bringing about sanity in the country’s public service and in an effort to address the issue of corruption. GA_googleFillSlot(“AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); The organization said the move was appropriate, especially given the premium this government or the office of the president has put on the need for curbing the culture of impunity of corruption. “SDI also re-echoes and understands the concerns raised by the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP), regarding the establishment of the commission of inquiry. The concern that the commission should not be used as a political instrument or a matter of witch-hunt against former and aspiring SLPP members.

Sierra Leone: Kamara Faces MLS Suspension
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
Sierra Leone’s United States based striker, Kei Kamara would miss Houston Dynamo Saturday’s season final match against Chivas in the Major League Soccer (MLS) due to suspension. The MLS handed the striker an additional game suspension last Wednesday after he was red-carded in Dynamo’s 2-1 home victory over San Jose on Oct. GA_googleFillSlot(“AllAfrica_Story_Inset”); Kamara was booked after the referee spotted him elbowing the throat of his former Earthquakes teammate, Nick Garcia as both players jockeyed for position. He served an automatic game suspension in the Dynamo’s 3-0 win over Los Angeles on Saturday.

 
 
 

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