The News Review:

- Sierra Leone: War Against Corruption Intensifies
- Sierra Leone: World Vision Hosts Advocacy Forum
- Sierra Leone: Police, ‘Okada’ Riders Clash in Kenema

Sierra Leone: War Against Corruption Intensifies
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
In a new book, Rev. Pastor Peter Sorie Mansaray, a Sierra Leonean writer based in Berlin, Germany gave a historical overview of the problem of corruption in Sierra Leone spanning from the Siaka Stevens’ era to that of ex-President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);Rev. Mansaray, in the book titled: “Combating Corruption in Sierra Leone; a review and an assessment of strategies undertaken by past governments to curb corruption in Sierra Leone”, blamed past governments for “plundering state coffers and enriching themselves rather than striving to provide the urgent needs of the country”.

Sierra Leone: World Vision Hosts Advocacy Forum
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
World Vision believes a collective wisdom and concerted efforts through a well articulated national advocacy strategy are essential as it is at the heart of the holistic transformational community development approach of the organization. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);Communications and advocacy manager world vision, Claudius Davies said advocacy hinges on the programmatic approach which seeks to address the structural and systematic causes of poverty by changing policies, systems, practice and attitudes that perpetuate inequality and deny human rights. He said it is a ministry of influence using persuasion, dialogue and reasoning to obtain change by influencing policy makers to change laws or ensure implementation. “World vision seeks, through its national advocacy strategy, to understand the underlying issues and causes of poverty in Sierra Leone and to work with communities and other partners at the micro, mezzo, macro and global levels to tackle the causes of poverty through leveraging influence and empowering communities using policy formation, policy implementation, mobilization and education,” Davies said.

Sierra Leone: Police, ‘Okada’ Riders Clash in Kenema
AllAfrica.com, Washington 
Nilmaty Kamara told Concord Times that police officers mounted road blocks across the township, arresting riders who are refusing to use crash helmets. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);”The confrontation between the police and the riders resulted to a standstill in the township. School pupils were unable to attend school due to the fracas. The riders complained that the police are harassing them for not putting on crash helmets and for riding unlicensed motorbikes among others,” he said.
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