The News Review:

- Sierra Leone Police Confirm Pirate Attack on a Chinese Fishing Vessel
- Sierra Leone: ‘Igwes Are Not Idol Worshipers’ Says His Hihgness …
- Sierra Leone: ‘Leadership Is Not An Easy Task’ Says Berewa
- Sierra Leone: A New Day for SLAJ – Umaru Fofana is President
- French athlete fined for biting

Sierra Leone Police Confirm Pirate Attack on a Chinese Fishing Vessel
Voice of America 
The police saythe pirates forced the crew to hand over their cargo of fish before securityforces confronted them. Four of eight pirates were reportedly killed. Francis Munu Sierra Leone’s AssistantInspector General of Police for Crime Services told VOAsome of the pirates were Guinean nationals. “There was a distress callmade by one of the fishing companies based in Freetown the AFRIC FishingCompany that they had information through their radio network that theirfishing vessel had been attacked by pirates.
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Sierra Leone: ‘Igwes Are Not Idol Worshipers’ Says His Hihgness …
AllAfrica.com Washington 
Nathaniel Nwosu has told journalists that an Igwe has nothing to do with idol worshiping or its allied practices as revealed in their home movies. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);The newly coronated Igwe made this statement at his Pademba Road palace where he hosted a press conference to acquaint journalists about the task of an Igwe. Nwosu described an Igwe as an upright man with special characters who maintain justice contribute towards the welfare of his people and above all a chap proven by the people.

Sierra Leone: ‘Leadership Is Not An Easy Task’ Says Berewa
AllAfrica.com Washington 
GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);Solomon Berewa who was speaking at the standard charted bank civil society perception of a public sector performance management system at the British council hall Tower Hill in Freetown said managers of institutions must be in a better position to take decisions at the appropriate time. He said as leaders they should be better placed to effect change within the society. “I have been cooperating with several civil society organizations in the country. Civil society organizations have created series of impact toward the development of this nation for the past years.

Sierra Leone: A New Day for SLAJ – Umaru Fofana is President
AllAfrica.com Washington 
It was a closely contested election but results show that the winner had supremacy over his partners and that voters were just waiting for the time to cast their ballots from their long drawn conclusion. GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);Umaru Fofana maintained his firm grip in the North which determined his victory. Fofana trashed down his hottest rival Philip Neville to a crashing point in the Northern Region. Fofana took away 44 votes while Neville fell way down to 13 votes which was a devastating blow to him and Karim Sei got 2 votes.

French athlete fined for biting
BBC News UK 
Barber described the verdict by a court near Paris as “worse than injustice”. The 34-year-old said she was the victim of police brutality during the run-in with six police officers in 2006 vowing to appeal. The Sierra Leone-born athlete won heptathlon and long jump world titles for France in 1999 and 2003. However she never won an Olympic medal. ‘Protecting body’The incident happened in Paris’ suburb of Saint Denis in 2006 after Barber’s car was stopped by police for entering a street that was closed for traffic. During the trial Barber had said he was then slapped on the face by one of the policemen – a charge denied by the officer.