The News Review:

- Together again a war-torn family beats the odds
- Sierra Leone: Government Must Meet Human Rights Obligations
- Sierra Leone: ‘HIV Status Not A Stigma’ Says United States Ambassador
- Sierra Leone: Africell Doles US$300000 For Cotton Tree Beautification
- Statement by Information Minister IB . Kargbo at UN Peacebuilding …
- Sierra Leone: After Noon Shift Schooling Is A Sham
- 2 Sierra Leone radio stations faulted for erroneous report

Together again a war-torn family beats the odds
Sydney Morning Herald Australia 
Afterher story was published in the Herald in April readersdonated more than $6000 to pay for the DNA tests and help with thefamily’s air fares to Australia. “The day I read the story I wrote a cheque for $1850 [the costof the DNA tests]” Karen Schembri 38 of Greenwich told theHerald in April. “She’s come from Sierra Leone one of themost violent places on Earth. She’s almost there but not quite. She’s suffering depression she was working at Qantas she’s tryingto give it a go but these hurdles keep coming up. The reunion comes at a price. Ms Sesay will lose her singleparent benefit with the arrival of her husband and Mr Kamara whocame on a spousal visa is not eligible for welfare for two years.

Sierra Leone: Government Must Meet Human Rights Obligations
AllAfrica.com Washington 
“Despite progress in many areas impunity still persists” said Brima A. Sheriff the national director for the international human rights organization Amnesty International. “The government makes promises and adopts laws but fails to deliver. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );Sheriff was speaking as part of the celebration of International Human Rights Day yesterday.

Sierra Leone: ‘HIV Status Not A Stigma’ Says United States Ambassador
AllAfrica.com Washington 
“I am convinced that with their commitment and the support of the international community they can eliminate stigma treat those individuals already affected by HIV and decrease in the number of people with AIDS in Sierra Leone. June Carter Perry said despite the progress that has been made the latest statistics from the United Nations and World Health Organization suggest that the overall rate of infection has been climbing continuously since 1990.

Sierra Leone: Africell Doles US$300000 For Cotton Tree Beautification
AllAfrica.com Washington 
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );Africell’s chief commercial officer Joe Amara Bangali Jnr. told journalists at the Mamba Point Guest House in Freetown that they are working in collaboration with the Freetown city council and that when the project would have been completed it would transform the center of city. He said the project would in no way advertise the company brand nor will the pre-eminent colour orange be part of the beautification of the cotton tree. “The project will make use of granite stones produced in Sierra Leone and will cost at least US$300000 thereby making it the most expensive beautification project ever undertaken by a corporate entity in the country” he said.

Statement by Information Minister IB . Kargbo at UN Peacebuilding …
Cocorioko Sierra Leone 
Also equally important and these were causative factors that contributed to the war was the absence of a communications system that would allow the free flow of information between the Government and the general populace. This weakness was interpreted by the populace as a serious gap in the areas of political and fiscal transparency. The war years created a situation that compelled the UN Peace keeping mission in Sierra Leone to note that it was necessary to put in place a credible information system if the efforts to bring about peace should be realized. The setting up of the UN Radio with a transparent editorial policy won the hearts of many people including the various warring factions; no wonder the UN radio played a very pivotal role during the disarmament process. Government also discovered that the continuous monopolization of the media by which the Government determines who should be accredited to practice journalism in Sierra Leone is a system that should be discontinued leading to the formulation of the legislation that resulted in the creation of the media regulatory body the Independent Media Commission. The IMC was set up as a result of the collaboration between Government and the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists.

Sierra Leone: After Noon Shift Schooling Is A Sham
AllAfrica.com Washington 
He has failed to get over the top layer of the problems of education. He has inflicted insecurity in the teachers by constantly trying to embarrass them for political reasons. He has not thought of Sierra Leone generally. The schools have inadequate teachers and some are virtually inefficient and unpatriotic. Bah should have braced himself with the training of more teachers to meet with the challenges of the schools of today. Few teachers in the country appreciate their jobs. Some teachers pay less attention to their normal teaching periods; instead much energy is reserved for their private classes.

2 Sierra Leone radio stations faulted for erroneous report
Cocorioko Sierra Leone 
1 and CTN as not only misleading but shocking and alarming with the potential to create animosity fracas and tension between the two-sister schools thereby derailing education peace and stability of mother Sierra Leone. READ THE FULL RELEASE :SIERRA LEONE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SECONDARY SCHOOL BERRY STREET- FREETOWN 11 DECEMBER 2008 PRESS RELEASE The attention of the administration of the Sierra Leone Muslim Brotherhood Secondary School Berry Street Freetown has been drawn to an erroneous news item aired by two radio stations namely Radio Democracy (FM 98. 1) and Radio Mount Aureol (Cotton Tree News –CTN) in relation to the unfortunate death of one Alimamy Bangura which sad event took place on Eidul-Adha day Monday 8th December 2008 around Mountain Cut area Freetown. Radio Democracy reported in their Wednesday 9:00pm Krio magazine programme “Wetin dey be” of 10th December 2008 and 7:00am news of Thursday 11th December 2008 that the deceased Alimamy Bangura a pupil of the St. Edwards Secondary School Freetown was stabbed to death by one Abubakarr Bangura “a pupil of the Sierra Leone Muslim Brotherhood Secondary School Freetown…. ” Similarly CTN in their National News of 11th December 2008 reported the same details as those of FM 98.
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