The News Review:

- Sierra Leone: Amputees to Play for Peace
- Sierra Leone: SLFA to Face Court Action
- Sierra Leone/Mauritania: Salone to Open With Mauritania
- AMINA KAMARA (Sierra Leone) MISS WEST AFRICA 2008
- Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Academic Heads APRM
- Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone To Get Health Insurance Soon

Sierra Leone: Amputees to Play for Peace
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
The planned gala would be organized by the Ghanaian National Paralympics Committee (NPC) in order to add their voice to the call for a peaceful atmosphere during the country’s next general elections slated for next month. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);According to NPC, the gala is expected to kick-off before the December 7 polls and will pitch the Ghanaian Amputee football team against their counterparts from Liberia and Sierra Leone. NPC Technical Director, Armstrong Aidoo revealed to GNA Sports that both countries have confirmed their participation in the gala, which he described as the contribution of the physically challenged towards an incident-free election. He said the initiative was proposed by the two countries who have been victims of civil unrest over the past years.

Sierra Leone: SLFA to Face Court Action
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
SLFA is said to own the hotels over Le80 million which saw the HECFA recently taking stringent measures against lodging any foreign team including Leone Stars. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);Speaking to Concord Sports, Vice President of HECFA, Mohamed Umar Jalloh said; “Any time we make requests for our money they will say President Nahim Khadi is out of town. I think our last resort now is to take them to court. “He said, “It is a heart rendering situation to note that SLFA is still owing us,” adding “how do they want us to sustain our business?”Jalloh who owns the Hill Valley hotel said they should have taken such decisions earlier but seized due to the intervention of both the Vice president, Sam Sumana and the minister of education, youth and sports, Minkailu Bah. “Even vice president Sam Sumana was angry with them.

Sierra Leone/Mauritania: Salone to Open With Mauritania
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
While the other teams in the Group, Cote d’Ivoire will face Burkina Faso. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);Shooting Stars are expected to depart Freetown next week and Coach Daniel Koroma aka Diamond Toes have already short listed 22 players, but he is expected to shorten the list to 18 players. Assistant coach, Alimamy K-foot dismissed reports that the technical team dropped players that were not in the team that played in the Merdeka Cup football tournament in Malaysia. According to K-foot, the included players, Ibrahim Teeteh Bangura, Michael Kallay and Ibrahim Baggio were with the team but did not make the Malaysia trip after they went on trials in United Arab Emirate (UAE).

AMINA KAMARA (Sierra Leone) MISS WEST AFRICA 2008
Modern Ghana, Ghana 
The beautiful Sierra Leone born pageant stole the show in a beautiful green dress by Keni Magma amongst 11 other great pageants from various countries. Amina Kamara, amongst others, who had worked extremely hard for the title as the 1st ever Miss West Africa shed tears as her mother run upto hug her in her victory walk. Amina had always talked about how much the title would mean to her and give her the chance to inspire many young African girls across the world. Amina currently studies tourism stating “to represent poise and class as a black woman (West African), be an Ambassador of West Africa, help to enhance the quality of life for our West African people, and to present my personality to the public and to represent West Africa as a Sierra Leonean. ” Amina Kamara is a hard working student born in UK, London 31st January 2008.
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Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone Academic Heads APRM
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
Osman Gbla, has been unanimously endorsed and approved to serve as chairman of the governing council of the Sierra Leone African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM). Gbla to head the APRM, a self-monitoring and appraisal mechanism designed, owned and driven by member states of the African Union with the prime objective of ensuring sustainable development and good governance in the continent, has received tumultuous welcome by virtue of his distinguished and proven track record of meaningful contribution, not only to the development of Sierra Leone but also to the West African sub-region, the African continent and the world at large. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);Also, he has made distinct contributions as lead National Consultant in the preparation of the Governance and Security Chapter of Sierra Leone’s Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) in 2005-2007, the preparation of the UN Peace building Shadow Report for Sierra Leone in 2007, and his role as a Regular Member of the Review Team as well as the lead consultant for the British Department for International Development (DFID)-funded Governance and Civil Service Reform Programme (GCSRP II) in Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone To Get Health Insurance Soon
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
He added that Sierra Leone and Nigeria have much in common to share and benefit from, while thanking the Emir for his support and for adding his voice to the First Lady’s forum. He also commended UNFPA for their full support over the years. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);The President was pleased to receive the Emir, especially when he was in the country to share his knowledge and experience on how to address the fatal issue of maternal mortality, which “is very high in Sierra Leone” and responsible for the country’s low ranking in the human development index. The Emir is in Sierra Leone on the joint invitation of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the First Lady for yesterday’s launching of the Consultative Forum of Traditional and Religious Leaders on Maternal Mortality Reduction in Sierra Leone. According to the Country Director of UNFPA, Barnabas Yissa (who accompanied the Emir), Dr Yahaya as the Emir of Shonga is the leader of over 15 million people, has been a medical doctor since 1974 and has been working on the advancement of maternal mortality reforms.