The News Review:

- Sierra Leone: UK High Commissioner Woos Foreign Investors
- Sierra Leone: World Vision Refutes Allegations
- Sierra Leone: Saudi Prince Accepts Salone Investment Proposal
- Education in Sierra Leone Failing at Risk Youth

Sierra Leone: UK High Commissioner Woos Foreign Investors
AllAfrica.com Washington -
The High Commissioner was addressing a team of potential foreign investors who called on him at his London office to express their desire to come to Sierra Leone and invest in business. Introducing the team Sierra Leonean-born Reverend Samuel Nathaniel Ndanema of the All Nation Pentecostal Church said he had encouraged the investors to come into his country and embark on business in response to President Ernest Bai Koroma’s call for Sierra Leoneans to help towards rebuilding the country. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );He said though his partners are concerned about the safety of the country as well as potential business opportunities here he had assured them that Sierra Leone is one hundred percent safe with so many business opportunities. He said they had completed the registration process of their company in the United Kingdom as well as in Sierra Leone.

Sierra Leone: World Vision Refutes Allegations
AllAfrica.com Washington -
The article went on to present as its key informant someone whom the article refers to as a neighbor with close proximity to the office” said Davies. He said the alleged informant as mentioned in the article said the fire was masterminded by some of the workers in their effort to conceal their dubious activities. He waved off such allegations as false intending to destroy the image of his organizationHe reiterated that the World Vision International Sierra Leone Senior Leadership Team wishes the public to know facts concerning the inferno of their office on 12 Seibure Street. He said a fire indeed gutted the rear two-storey building which houses the offices of the Sponsorship Health and Christian Commitment departments. The fire occurred on Saturday January 31 2009 at about 2:45 p.

Sierra Leone: Saudi Prince Accepts Salone Investment Proposal
AllAfrica.com Washington -
Minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation Zainab Bangura thanked the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia for accepting her invitation to come and invest in the country. She said the people and government would always be grateful and ready to protect whatever investment that would be undertaken by the company. “The delegation from the Crown Prince is an indication that God is ready to help Sierra Leone. This will open the window of opportunities for other investors to follow” she said. Minister to the Saudi Prince Ahmad Mohammad Al-Maghraby expressed his appreciation for the warm hospitality received. Relevant LinksWest AfricaEconomy Business and FinanceCapital FlowsIndustry and InfrastructureInvestmentManufacturingMiddle East and AfricaSierra LeoneSustainable Development”All genuine businesses must be connected with the fear of God. The Prince had already received the goodwill messages from Sierra Leone” he said.

Education in Sierra Leone Failing at Risk Youth
Voice of America -
Some cannot afford their school fees while others stop after failing their college entrance exams. In Sierra Leone where a recent civil war was fought largely by teens and children the government says special attention needs to be placed on education. Working instead of attending school. “I can collect about $10 a day for my boss” he said. “I have to buy fuel and other things.
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