The News Review:

- Pirates Killed in Standoff off Coast of Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone: British High Commission Promotes Democracy in SLAJ
- Sierra Leone/Nigeria: Shooting Stars Official Arrested in Nigeria
- Sierra Leone: Fencing Receive US $5000 Worth Equipment
- Sierra Leone: ‘Fambul Tik’ Donates to 35 Orphans

Pirates Killed in Standoff off Coast of Sierra Leone
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Four of the pirates all from neighboring Guinea were killed early Wednesday in a clash with the Sierra Leone navy police spokesman Mohamed Samura said. Two were shot and another two drowned he said. The remaining four were arrested. The pirates approached the Shanghai 3 before dawn off Yeliboya a coastal town between Freetown the capital of Sierra Leone and Conakry the neighboring capital of Guinea.

Sierra Leone: British High Commission Promotes Democracy in SLAJ
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The gesture was one of the British government’s efforts to aid facilitate and strengthen democratic process in the country. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);SLAJ has commended the British government for the timely gesture which it said will enable all eligible SLAJ members to participate in the process of electing the new executive that will lead journalists in the next four years. The association however made it clear that the request did not come from any individual candidate or camp as is being rumoured but the SLAJ electoral commission. Relevant LinksWest AfricaEurope and AfricaPress and MediaSierra LeoneIt said the assistance is meant to help the commission afford equal opportunity to all voters and contestants in the national and regional executive elections slated for November 29.

Sierra Leone/Nigeria: Shooting Stars Official Arrested in Nigeria
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Meanwhile the likes of The Gambia and Benin have already arrived in Nigeria for the competition that is scheduled to kick-start in Delta State between November 28 and December 9. According to the chairman of protocol Austin Akosa the delegations from Senegal Niger Mauritania and Guinea Bissau are expected in Nigeria today while Ghana Liberia Togo Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast had arrived yesterday. Also on the arrival list are match officials from Niger Senegal Benin Togo Ghana Burkina Faso Sierra Leone Liberia Mali and The Gambia. Assistant referees Badou Jasseh and Dickory Jawo’s arrivals were expected yesterday while referee Bakary Papa Gassama is set to join the others from Ghana on November 30. Relevant LinksWest AfricaNigeriaSierra LeoneSoccerSportGassama’s delay was as a result of the fact that he has been scheduled by the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) to officiate in the CHAN 2009 qualifier between Ghana and Nigeria this weekend in Accra.
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Sierra Leone: Fencing Receive US $5000 Worth Equipment
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According to Kanu he received the kits in Italy after an international conference organized by the IAF. He said training has already started at the national stadium. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);”Our next plan is to involve the schools children and youths and also to take the sport to the provinces as Freetown is not Sierra Leone” he noted adding that he is ready to take fencing to the highest level. Kanu who is heading for the IAF congress in Paris France said his association has already been recognized by the world body and therefore warned people who might want to impersonate the association.

Sierra Leone: ‘Fambul Tik’ Donates to 35 Orphans
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The donation was made by ‘Fambul Tik Ful Die Benachtekigten’ a non-governmental charitable organization formed in Germany and recently registered to fully operate in this country. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);”Fambul Tik” in Krio means “family tree” and “Fur Die Benachtekigten” in German means “for the underprivileged. “Addressing local authorities journalists and the beneficiaries the coordinator of Fambul Tik Ute Winkel Mann Sheriff said her organization was founded in partnership with her husband Othman Sheriff who is a Sierra Leonean. She said the main objective of the organization is to help underprivileged children in the country to get some major opportunities to go to school.