The News Review:

- Sierra Leone: Activists Cry Foul ver Mining Policy
- Peace Building In Sierra Leone
- In Sierra Leone School Victims Discharged Home
- Awareness Times News Briefs from Sierra Leone
- NATINAL REVENUE AUTHRITY (NRA) F SIERRA LENE
- Sierra Leone verdict warns world’s warlords
- AFC To Support Infrastructural Development In Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone: Activists Cry Foul ver Mining Policy
AllAfrica.com
It also calls for suspension of further negotiations of mining agreements until the task force’s review has been completed and published. It is not clear when the review of mining policies will be completed but the coalition says sufficient time should be allowed and a specific channel be set up for soliciting contributions from civil society and residents of mining communities. The key minerals mined in Sierra Leone are diamond gold rutile or titanium oxide and bauxite. The agreements signed with transnational mining companies have often proved unfavourable to the government and people with the state often accused by activists of colluding with the mining companies. According to Mboka the main rutile mining company in the south Sierra Rutile bagged an exclusive deal with the government in 2003 that grants the company a tax holiday till 2014. This exemption from a range of tax obligations according to the activist was only discovered via a leaked memo. fficials of the Mineral Resources ministry have declined to comment on the issue.

Peace Building In Sierra Leone
Voice of America
and the government of Sierra Leone have made remarkable progress since the end of more than a decade of civil war in January 2002. Ambassador Rice spoke with reporters following a briefing on February 9th to the U.

In Sierra Leone School Victims Discharged Home
Awareness Times
However when this reporter did a follow-up visit to the hospitals last night it was confirmed that all the students admitted on Thursday had been discharged from hospital. This reporter witnessed as the last admitted student Fatmata Turay was collected by her parents last evening. Fatmata and another student Umaru Best were the most badly affected and had been under intensive care until they regained consciousness. Staff Nurse David Kamara who is the Nurse in charge at the Intensive Care Unit(ICU) informed that the two pupils were first discharged from the ICU and referred to wards four (4) and two (2) after getting a little better.

Awareness Times News Briefs from Sierra Leone
Awareness Times
Stakeholders of government have described the move as complementary to government’s effort in building the capacity of youths for development. According to reports the organization is aimed at salvaging the plight of youths in Bo. 750 youths belonging to 30 youth groups will reportedly benefit from the agricultural sector whilst 300 youths in 30 youth groups will benefit from the apprenticeship sector among others. New School pens at Gbonkelenken in MarchThe Gbonkelenken Christian High School situated at Makolkorie Town Gbonkelenken Chiefdom in the Tonkolili District will reportedly be formally open on Friday 6th March 2009.

NATINAL REVENUE AUTHRITY (NRA) F SIERRA LENE
Awareness Times
The National Revenue Authority is currently recruiting a DEPUTY CMMISSINER GENERAL. Primary Responsibilities and Accountability A. Job DescriptionDeputy Commissioner General will:1.

Sierra Leone verdict warns world’s warlords
Christian Science Monitor
addParam(“play” “false”);myFlashbject. com about the repercussions of a guilty verdict against three Sierra Leone rebel leaders for crimes against humanity. JHANNESBURG South Africa – Found guilty of crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone’s civil war three rebel commanders will soon begin serving time for ordering the systematic mutilation of civilians forced marriage of captured women and the recruitment of child soldiers. But the ripples of the international tribunal’s decision on Wednesday in Freetown Sierra Leone ? finding rebel leaders Issa Sesay Morris Kallon and Augustine Gbao guilty on more than a dozen counts each of crimes against humanity ? are already reaching around the continent and the world. Coming just a week before the expected arrest warrant for Sudan’s president mar al-Bashir and in the middle of the ongoing trial of former Liberian dictator Charles Taylor this trial sets a very tough tone about the consequences of cruelty in wartime.
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AFC To Support Infrastructural Development In Sierra Leone
The Guardian – Nigeria
1 –> Sunday March 01 2009 AFC To Support Infrastructural Development In Sierra Leone INDICATINS emerged during the week that the government of Sierra Leone and the African Finance Corporation (AFC) may have initiated efforts to boost infrastructural development in the diamond-rich West African country. Andrew Alli may be visiting Sierra Leone before the end of this month to honour President Ernest Bai Koroma’s invitation. “The purpose of the visit is to support infrastructure development in Sierra Leone” said a source at the AFC. The Guardian also learnt that Alli has accepted the invitation and would be leading an AFC delegation to Sierra Leone in a couple of weeks.