The News Review:

- Sierra Leone: Action Aid Boosts FSU
- Sierra Leone plans telecenters to develop rural areas
- Sierra Leone: Africell Presents Free ‘Toll Lines’ to Police
- 2008 NSLINA Award Recipients
- Sierra Leone: ‘Family Talk’ Empowers Country to Move Past Civil …
- Issues Bemoaning the Demise f Sierra Leone External News Agency
- Sierra Leone: Pa Saffa Joins America Rail Hawks

Sierra Leone: Action Aid Boosts FSU
AllAfrica.com
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );Speaking at the donation ceremony held at the criminal investigations department CID headquarters in Freetown country director Tennyson Williams said the aim of the donation was to continue the support they give to the police. He said the gesture was also part of the his organization’s responsibilities in the country. “To support the FSU is part of ActionAid’s responsibilities. We have many responsibilities and this is just one of them.

Sierra Leone plans telecenters to develop rural areas
Computerworld Kenya
Where walkie-talkies dareMobile phones and the birds and the beesmore Computerworld Kenya News Stay informed on our latest news! E-mail:. “This project that is about to be launched fulfills one of the requirements of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) since information and communications technology (ICT) has been recognized as an engine for growth” said Vice President Sam Sumana at a recent Freetown workshop organized to publicize the project. The United Nations’ MDGs are eight goals to be achieved by 2015 that respond to the world’s main development challenges. The workshop was supported by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and Commonwealth Telecommunications rganisation (CT). The MCT project is aimed at promoting interconnectivity to bring people in Sierra Leone especially those in remote areas closer to the outside world according to Sumana.

Sierra Leone: Africell Presents Free ‘Toll Lines’ to Police
AllAfrica.com
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );Africell’s chief commercial officer Joe Amara Bangali said the presentation of the lines was in line with the company’s policy of using mobile technology in order to promote safety and security thereby creating a secure environment where lives and property are protected. “I a bid to empower the police we will deliver a total of 62 lines to them. Four toll free lines have been established whereby members of the general public can easily contact the police nationwide” he said. He said the public can call 900 for Freetown 901 for Bo 902 for Makeni and 903 for Kenema free of charge noting that people without an Africell line can call 088-999-999.

2008 NSLINA Award Recipients
Patriotic Vanguard
The awards will be conferred April 25 at 9 PM at the Holiday Inn Hotel College Park Maryland as part of the celebration of the 11th Anniversary of NSLINA and the 48th Anniversary of Sierra Leone’s Independence. The 2009 NSLINA Award recipients are:Isaiah WashingtonSPECIAL DIAMND AWARD(Highest Award For significant contributions to Sierra Leone after establishing linkage through DNA ancestral ties to Sierra Leone and in honor of being the first African American to hold dual citizenship as a United States Citizen and as a Sierra Leonean)Amadu MassallyDIAMND AWARDHighest Award for all round contributions promoting development democracy and peace in ways that positively impact the SL community across the United States and Sierra Leone consistently effectively and successfully. Sisters of Sierra Leone of North TexasHUMANITARIAN LEADERSHIP AWARDFor demonstrated success working to promote and improve the quality of life of Sierra Leonean women and children both in Texas and in Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone Mothers Union (USA)HUMANITARIAN LEADERSHIP AWARDFor dedicated commitment to preserving and improving family life of Sierra Leoneans with distinction and pride. Freetown-New Haven Sister Cities AssociationHUMANITARIAN LEADERSHIP AWARDFor unparalleled leadership linking a major city in the United States to FreetownSierra Leone in ways that advance understanding of mutual history relationship building and development of Freetown. Duni HebronENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP AWARDFor recognized success as a business leader who continues to make substantial contributions to the welfare and advancement of Sierra Leoneans across the United States and in Sierra Leone. Francis LahaiENTREPRENEURIAL LEADERSHIP AWARDFor successful business endeavors in the United States and in Sierra Leone that ensure employment opportunities for Sierra Leonean resulting in ongoing efforts to advance vocational education for women in Sierra Leone.
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Sierra Leone: ‘Family Talk’ Empowers Country to Move Past Civil …
AllAfrica.com
As a result renewed aggression prompted by fear or a desire for revenge continues to threaten the peace. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );To encourage wider dialogue and help create more possibilities for individual and community healing the Maine-based Catalyst for Peace foundation teamed with the Sierra Leone nongovernmental organization Forum of Conscience for the Fambul Tok program. In the Krio language “Fambul Tok” means “family talk. ” The program enlarges Sierra Leone’s traditions for discussing and resolving issues within the family to encompass a much larger community and provide it with a structure for beginning a process of reconciliation.

Issues Bemoaning the Demise f Sierra Leone External News Agency
Standard Times Press
As a recorder of current history the news agency in a democratic society like ours offers all topical information without comment and distortion as it serves establishments and individuals holding contradictory beliefs social as well as political. In Africa the idea of establishing national news agencies originated from the forming of the organization of African union whose leaders were with the fervent belief that a pan African news agency would correct the biases imbalance and distortion prevalent in the western media by giving greater depth and more relevant perspective to African news and information. In his presidential address to parliament in 1973 the late Dr. Siaka Stevens urged third world countries like Sierra Leone to be less dependent on western multi national news agencies for the collection and dissemination of news about our countries. He observed that the distorted image of third world countries in the outside world is caused by the distortion and misrepresentation of news by western news agencies stressing that the only remedy to this problem was the setting up of a Sierra Leone news agency to correct the imbalance by informing the world about our many and varied humble achievements and developments. Having gone through some teething problems the Sierra Leone News Agency under the acronym SLENA started operating in 1987 with equipment and technical support from UNESC while the Sierra Leone government provided the office building and personnel and other local logistics. It is disheartening though that while other news agencies in the world are fighting to be on the cutting edge of journalism’s new frontier the Sierra Leone News Agency is left moribund as a result of utter neglect by the relevant authorities.

Sierra Leone: Pa Saffa Joins America Rail Hawks
AllAfrica.com
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_Inset” );Having recently completed the signing of striker Salieu Bundu aka Teacher Gray from Clevlands FC The Carolina RailHawks Tuesday announced the capture of Pa Saffa pending an international clearance and USSF approval. According to the club’s information Pa Saffa would make his RailHawks debut tomorrow March 27 when the Carolina side takes on CD limpia of Honduras. RailHawks head coach Martin Rennie said the signing of the Sierra Leone international has brought physical presence to the team. He said “Sama brings big strong physical presence to the team; he played in the top divisions in Belgium and Norway and has also captained the Sierra Leone national team few times. We are very happy to have him join the RailHawks. In his words the defender said his country man Sallieu Bundu informed him about the team noting “After speaking with Bundu and with coach Rennie I decided I wanted to come and play in America where soccer continues to grow. I hope to share my experience with the younger players and want to give my best to the team so that we can win a lot of trophies.