The News Review:

- Honeymoon In Sierra Leone
- In Pictures: Roaming Sierra Leone
- Sudan’s President Charged with War Crimes. Will He Be Tried?
- How I protect women and girls in Sierra Leone
- Elixir gets note of arbitration in payment dispute over Sierra …
- The DENI-Sierra Leone Concept Paper
- Former Liberian Leader Charles Taylor Could Go Free

Honeymoon In Sierra Leone
Forbes
And well he should–he’s from Sierra Leone. Debeis and his countrymen are seven years removed from a decade-long civil war that claimed at least 50000 lives permanently injured half a million people and turned 2 million more into refugees. The conflict left the world aghast with images of dismembered corpses and inspired the gut-churning 2006 film Blood Diamond starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

In Pictures: Roaming Sierra Leone
Forbes
comSierra Leone no longer graces our list of the world’s most dangerous countries but it’s still the second most perilous place for journalists according to a 2008 report by the Committee to Protect Journalists. The West African nation finished behind Iraq and ahead of Somalia on the CPJ’s Impunity Index compiled by taking the number of unsolved murders of journalists over the past decade and dividing by the country’s population. What better place for a Forbes reporter to spend his vacation chasing rumors of a Hezbollah-backed diamond-smuggling operation?. %20What%20better%20place%20for%20a%20Forbes%20reporter%20to%20spend%20his%20vacation%3F%0D%0ABy%20Zack%20%27Malley%20Greenburg%0D%0A%0D%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.
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Sudan’s President Charged with War Crimes. Will He Be Tried?
TIME
Which is to say never. The ICC is undermined by several enduring controversies. Supporters say lasting peace demands justice and point to the arrest and conviction of.

How I protect women and girls in Sierra Leone
International Rescue Committee (press release)
Every year around International Women’s Day I think about women and girls all over the world who like me have the right to live with dignity in freedom and without fear. Working with women affected by violence is much more than just a job to me. I’ve personally experienced the pain these women face. Nearly twenty years ago I was a victim of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of my ex-husband.

Elixir gets note of arbitration in payment dispute over Sierra …
Proactive Investors Australia
The group is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and the London AIM market. 3 million for the seismic data acquired by TGS over Block SL-4 offshore Sierra Leone. EP (UK) has been named as a co-respondent in the arbitration together with Prontinal Ltd EP (UK)'s former joint venture partner in the Block SL-4 joint venture. EP(UK) understands that an existing arbitration in relation to the dispute is currently in progress between Prontinal and TGS. Elixir said it remains the view of EP (UK) that Prontinal is responsible for the payment of any sums that are found to be due to TGS in respect of the 3D seismic acquisition and processing.

The DENI-Sierra Leone Concept Paper
Patriotic Vanguard
With the changing international politics (thanks to the G8 Summit 2005 in the UK) debt can be cancelled with the stroke of the pen but poverty cannot be cancelled with the stroke of the pen. Hence the enduring need for DENI as a poverty reduction program. We the Sierra Leonean Diaspora constitute the greatest Sierra Leone’s offshore asset and the most indispensable catalyst in the accelerated development of our motherland because we have a permanent vested interest in the welfare of our people. The ever-growing Sierra Leonean Diaspora is poised for this unprecedented role by virtue of our remittances which are already a significant and growing portion of the GNP of our country. The sheer magnitude of remittances to Sierra Leone is staggering yet Sierra Leoneans have nothing visible and collectively owned to show for it. This phenomenon is apparent in virtually all African countries – a lot of money pouring in from the Diaspora but nothing monumental to show for it. The aggregate volume of remittances to Sierra Leone now exceeds all forms of foreign aid combined.

Former Liberian Leader Charles Taylor Could Go Free
Voice of America
There have been mixed reactions to the news in the Liberian capital Monrovia. Unlike the international criminal courts for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia the special court for Sierra Leone is not funded by mandatory dues. It is supported by voluntary contributions. Some of those contributions have slowed as the global economic crisis forced many developed economies to reconsider spending in the face of growing budget deficits. That has left the special court’s budget $5 million short at a time when it has only one case left to decide – the 11-count war crimes indictment against Mr.