The News Review:

- Isatu Timbo-Nwokedi : Only Sierra Leoneans can develop Sierra Leone
- Whitman empowering youth in Sierra Leone
- Congress on Occupational Health starts in Sierra Leone
- In Sierra Leone Youths Angry With APC (More Details Needed)

Isatu Timbo-Nwokedi : Only Sierra Leoneans can develop Sierra Leone
Cocorioko, Sierra Leone 
Isatu Timbo-Nwokedi told COCORIOKO today that Sierra Leone will never be developed by outsiders. Sierra Leone, she intimated, can only be developed by Sierra Leoneans. Timbo Nwokedi , who has taken upon herself the difficult task of equipping hospitals and clinics in Sierra Leone with medical supplies and instruments to accelerate health care delivery in the country , challenged Sierra Leoneans to ask not what their country can do for them but what they can do for their country.

Whitman empowering youth in Sierra Leone
Awoko, Sierra Leone 
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Youth Development Initiatives (YDI) has big plans for the future. The group wants to continue their national development work in Sierra Leone while expanding their development model to address other nations. Members of YDI outlined the group’s goals for the upcoming year and beyond at a Family Weekend presentation. A completely student-run and student-funded organization, YDI is in its second year at Whitman. Founded by senior Musa Kpaka in July 2007, YDI has grown from a one-man show to an organization with a growing number of members. YDI aims to empower young people to take an active role in national development by challenging them to design and implement small-scale community service projects that will improve the lives of those both in their community nationwide.

Congress on Occupational Health starts in Sierra Leone
Cocorioko, Sierra Leone 
The theme for this year’s conference is “Occupational Health. The Sierra Leone Medical and Dental Association on Wednesday started its thirty-fourth Annual Congress at the British Council Hall on Tower Hill. The theme for this year’s conference is “Occupational Health.
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In Sierra Leone Youths Angry With APC (More Details Needed)
Awareness Times, Sierra Leone 
These youth leaders representing various youth groups across the country, including Center for the Coordination of Youth Activities (CCYA), Young Leaders-Sierra Leone (YLSL) and YAPAD, were making reservations with regards the intention of the APC Government on youth affairs. YAPAD representative, Bockarie Ensah pointed out that the 52-page manifesto of the ruling government does not prioritize the issue of youths as it is only on the 45th page of the document that mention is being made of youth issues. He further stated that the direction in which the establishment of the National Youth Commission is treading constitutes significant flaws as he puts it: “there is no focus in addressing youth issues as even the review of the youth policy that should precede the youth commission, as mandated by law, is not even talked about. ” He said the youth commission will be of little or no significance without an Act, while describing the process as not in place. “The issues of the youths need to be treated with all seriousness as the development of the country hinges on young people,” he pointed out.