The News Review:

- Perspectives: Chicoans in Africa hear the bama chants
- Amnesty concerned over Sierra Leone rights abuses
- Controversial Jeep Auctioned At Sierra Leone Ports…..Exposed By …
- Charity worker preparing to visit war-torn Sierra Leone
- Hatch family takes in loves children
- The Seven Hills Foundation Goes Global
- Highest Ivory Coast civilian award bestowed on Anand Sharma

Perspectives: Chicoans in Africa hear the bama chants
MSNBC 
We had to answer those questions and others for ourselves before (and after) embarking on a recent mission trip. While Sierra Leone is having it struggles after years of civil war political and economic troubles there is much reason for hope. Grace Church has joined with a number of Christian churches that have dedicated efforts to help rebuild a starving nation. A nonprofit entity called West Africa Partners has been established to carry on and coordinate the efforts already begun in Africa.

Amnesty concerned over Sierra Leone rights abuses
AFP 
“A police spokesman said “investigations into such matters usually take time as it involved sending our findings to the attorney-general’s office for subsequent prosecutions”. An official from the attorney-general’s office declined to comment. Sierra Leone is struggling to get back on its feet after a decade-long civil war from 1991-2001 in which some 120000 people were killed and thousands were mutilated. All rights reserved.

Controversial Jeep Auctioned At Sierra Leone Ports…..Exposed By …
Standard Times Press Sierra Leone 
The situation every other day is getting worse despite the vigilance of the security apparatus of the state to curb his menace in society. Few months back in the United States of America in the state of Philadelphia eight Sierra Leoneans were faced with federal conspiracy charges for trying to smuggle 21 cars from several states including a BMW dealership in Morristown in the United States of America to Sierra Leone. The indictment charges according to court document state that the eight conspired since April 2008 to steal the cars and ship them to Sierra Leone using an unidentified shipping company in Sayreville. What the eight Sierra Leoneans did was to present the shipping company with false title documents to conceal the fact that the cars were stolen according to the indictment. The stolen cars included two Nissan Infinitis two BMWs a Jaguar a Subaru several trucks a Chevy Tahoe and a Cadillac Escalade. Sahid Kabia 35 of Morrison town of New Jersey was among the eight Sierra Leoneans charged. Mohammed Fornah 22 of Springfield PA Muhammed Mustapha 37 and Melvin Lewis 52 of Philadelpha PA Cherenor Bah 40 of Glenolden A Fatmata Barrie34 of Glenolden PAEric Haynes 31 of Darby PA and Umu Kamara 38 of Newark Delaware.

Charity worker preparing to visit war-torn Sierra Leone
Walesnline United Kingdom 
xfam Cymru’s communications officer Luned Jones will travel to Sierra Leone where she will undertake her first assignment abroad. The country is still recovering from the devastating civil war that broke out in 1991. She will spend two weeks visiting xfam projects in remote parts of Sierra Leone before she is joined for a third week by Cardiff nurse Angela Gorman who runs her own charity to support the vital health needs of pregnant women in Africa. Luned said: “I am excited about it but I’m trying to prepare myself for being completely overwhelmed. “I know it’s going to be amazing in many ways.

Hatch family takes in loves children
Marshalltown Times Republican IA 
“The family’s love of children does not end at their home. Roger started an orphanage in Sierra Leone in West Africa helping about 400 children a year who would have no other option in life. “There are no social services there so if these kids don’t get help there is nobody to fall back on” he said. Roger got the idea for an orphanage after visiting Sierra Leone to do missionary construction work. After seeing how just a few dollars could help so many people he decided to start the orphanage called Jonathan’s House. Kayla has plans to work at the orphanage and help women there go through child birth after she learns how to be a midwife in The Philippines.
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The Seven Hills Foundation Goes Global
Worcester Business Journal MA 
Real Life Lessons Seven Hills President and CE David Jordan said the idea of the Global utreach organization emerged from two sources. As “social entrepreneur in residence” at Clark University in Worcester Jordan studies and teaches social engagement and in recent semesters many of his students have been asking him about getting involved in efforts in other parts of the world. Meanwhile at Seven Hills he talked with an employee from Sierra Leone who personally sends money to help girls in the country attend high school something that costs about $200.

Highest Ivory Coast civilian award bestowed on Anand Sharma
Press Trust of India India 
President of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo conferred the award on Sharma during his official visit there. During the visit Sharma and his Sierra Leonean counterpart Zainab Hawa Bangura signed a Joint Technical and Economic Co-operation Agreement. The Minister also handed over 200 military barracks out of 400 to Sierra Leone as the "Government of India’s gift". He also participated in the inauguration of the Centre for Demonstration and Promotion of Technologies funded by the Ministry of External Affairs in Abidjan. Ivory coast condemned the Mumbai terror attack an official said.