The News Review:

- Sierra Leone: Action Aid Boosts FSU
- APC wins Bye-Elections in Pujehun Southern Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone plans telecenters to develop rural areas
- Sierra Leone: Africell Presents Free ‘Toll Lines’ to Police

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.

APC wins Bye-Elections in Pujehun Southern Sierra Leone
Awareness Times
The controversial elections was initially cancelled following an eruption of violence allegedly perpetuated by Police fficers and ruling party officials. The elections was successfully held today and the preliminary results from our reporters on the ground indicates that the APC has won with a relatively comfortable margin. All previous elections of recent times held in this particular Ward 232 had seen the SLPP win over 90% of the votes. This time it was a shocker.

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.
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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.