The News Review:

- Sierra Leone on Tuesday commemorates anniversary of rebel invasion
- Sierra Leone Police declare 23 varsity students wanted
- Pirates thwarted in Gulf of Aden
- Yellow fever in Sierra Leone
- Restoring hope in the middle of nowhere
- LENEC Boosts Amputee Children’s Education in Sierra Leone
- Africell Honours Customers in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone on Tuesday commemorates anniversary of rebel invasion
African Press Agency Senegal 
Hundreds of families prayed in churches and mosques for peace and stability in the country after an 11-year civil war that killed over a hundred thousand and left thousands more maimed and dispossessed. “We prayed for the people to reconcile… victims as well as perpetrators. We prayed for peace and prosperity and we prayed that never again shall these events re-occur in our country” says Sheik Amadu Kamara an imam at a mosque at Kingtom west of Freetown. n 6 January 1999 RUF rebels along with their renegade allies from the national army invaded Freetown and butchered about 3000 people amputated hundreds and razed down many homes and government infrastructure.

Sierra Leone Police declare 23 varsity students wanted
African Press Agency Senegal 
Police spokesperson Inspector Ibrahim Samura says the students are wanted to help investigators unravel the circumstances surrounding the alleged murder of another student. Two weeks ago 18 year-old and first year FBC student Mohamed Juana was found dead. All of the wanted students belong to the Island Club one of dozens of social clubs and cults on student campuses in Sierra Leone. “The deceased died shortly after the club’s initiation ceremony which involved the beating of initiates stuffing them with drugs and alcohol and putting them through hazardous drilling” Inspector Samura told APA.

Pirates thwarted in Gulf of Aden
United Press International 
photo_embed{ float: right; width: 301px; margin: 0 0 8px 8px; background: #fff; }. video_embed{ float: right; width: 301px; margin: 0 0 8px 8px; background: #fff; }BEIJING Jan. 5 (UPI) — A Sierra Leone cargo ship with 32 Chinese crew members on board outran four pirate boats in the Gulf of Aden Monday Chinese officials in Beijing said. The China Maritime Search and Rescue Center said the pirates gave chase in the eastern region of the gulf about 3:50 p. with speeds reaching 19 nautical miles per hour Xinhua reported. Nearby warships dispatched to protect the ship found it secure about 40 minutes later the state-run Chinese news agency reported.

Yellow fever in Sierra Leone
ReliefWeb (press release) Switzerland 
Both cases were reported by the Yellow fever surveillance system and presented with symptoms of fever and jaundice. Additionally a further 7 suspected cases have been reported. There have been no deaths to date. n the basis of the outbreak investigation a reactive mass vaccination campaign targeting 527978 people will be carried out in the district of Bo.

Restoring hope in the middle of nowhere
YourHub.com C 
Much of Africa qualifies as being in the middle of nowhere. Sierra Leone is a small country on the west coast of Africa. Much of it would qualify as being in the middle of nowhere but that is exactly where two teachers Reba Bull and Barry Meyer a parent.

LENEC Boosts Amputee Children’s Education in Sierra Leone
Awareness Times Sierra Leone 
Donating the scholarships LENEC Coordinator Mr. Momodu Barrie informed that the organization composed mainly of young Sierra Leoneans based in that country aims at utilizing its membership’s little resources to promote education of less fortunate children especially those born of war affected parents like the amputated. He said the urge to alleviate those children’s plights came about after their first encounter with their family heads when sometime back they supplied them with used clothing and food items. “It was after the exercise that the parents called on us to prioritize education of their children since they could not afford to pay their school fees” he said.

Africell Honours Customers in Sierra Leone
Awareness Times Sierra Leone 
To end year 2008 and to usher in the new year the communications giant dished out 2009 (two thousand & nine) Nokia mobile phones 30 (thirty) motor bikes and a brand new Nitro Jeep in series of raffle draws that started sine the 17th December 2008. To date Africell has dished out hundreds of mobile phones seventeen motor bikes to their lucky subscribers who happened to be lucky winners. The Marketing fficer Claudius Stack Davies said it was good to note that subscribers all over the country and from different works of life have been benefiting from the offer with sixty subscribers bound to win a mobile phone each on daily basis. “To celebrate the Christmas day one hundred subscribers have the chance to win one mobile phone each and to usher in the New Year the total of 110 was won by the subscribers” he said.
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