The News Review:

- Sierra Leone navy battles pirates
- Sierra Leone/Nigeria: Shooting Stars Official Arrested in Nigeria
- Sierra Leone police arrest 3 over bank robbery
- Sierra Leone: PCMH to Get Free Emergency Treatment
- Sierra Leone: ‘Obama’ Warns Against Radio Closure

Sierra Leone navy battles pirates
BBC News UK 
A group of pirates from neighbouring Guinea opened fire on a Chinese fishing vessel the Shanghai Three police spokesman Ibrahim Samura told the BBC. He said following the intervention of the navy two pirates were shot dead and two men believed to be Guinean soldiers drowned. A BBC reporter says pirate attacks are rare in West Africa outside Nigeria. At least four alleged pirates from Guinea and Sierra Leone were arrested.

Sierra Leone/Nigeria: Shooting Stars Official Arrested in Nigeria
AllAfrica.com Washington 
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.

Sierra Leone police arrest 3 over bank robbery
Afrique en ligne France 
Detectives of the national crime services (Criminal Investigations Department) described the act as a “conspiracy”. Speaking to journalists here Friday detective Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Samuel Kargbo said while on duty Saturday 22 November they were informed by personnel of the bank that two private guards in the employment of “Mount E verest Security Agency” detailed at the said bank abandoned their guard posts an d went away with the bank’s keys. “We visited the scene and later discovered that the front door to the bank was under lock and key but the internal metallic steel vault was broken into.
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Sierra Leone: PCMH to Get Free Emergency Treatment
AllAfrica.com Washington 
GA_googleFillSlot(“AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);Kabia made the announcement as part of a policy change at PCMH the largest maternity hospital in the country. He did not say the exact date the new policies would take effect. Maternal mortality is very high in Sierra Leone. One in eight women dies during childbirth. He said 144 patients have died at the hospital so far this year and that the ministry wants to improve on that. “We have changed from the old system to a new system” Kabia said. “We need to do more to improve the health sector and this is the time we are going to start it.

Sierra Leone: ‘Obama’ Warns Against Radio Closure
AllAfrica.com Washington 
On hearing that Radio Tombo had been shut down on the orders of the town chief Ibrahim Sesay and the councilor Billie Kanu Mr. Fofana dashed to Tombo outside Waterloo where he learnt that the station manager Sallu Mongeh was also severely beaten up on Sunday night by attackers who reportedly used rocks and other missiles. GA_googleFillSlot(“AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);Mr. Fofana according to the release told the chief that there were proper laid down procedures to seek redress if a community felt aggrieved about their radio station or any other radio station at that.