The News Review:
- Judy Davis miniseries ‘Diamonds’ finds a home at ABC
- Sierra Leone Calling: CSU professor ex-pupil help with childbirth
- Dinner planned to raise money for war-torn country
- Students Team Up With Police to Curb Violence in Sierra Leone
- After horrific war a blossoming
- Monday Kickaround
- Armed Forces Agricultural Unit Launched in Sierra Leone
Judy Davis miniseries ‘Diamonds’ finds a home at ABC
Entertainment Weekly
The miniseries stars Judy Davis (Husbands and Wives) as a U. senator who travels to Sierra Leone to investigate her daughter’s death in a diamond mine. James Purefoy (Rome) also stars in the project which was produced independently by Canadian and U.
Sierra Leone Calling: CSU professor ex-pupil help with childbirth
Modesto Bee
The assistant professor of nursing at California State University Stanislaus has since taken two trips to the west African nation to work in a hospital for women who are seriously injured during childbirth. A higher percentage of women die from childbirth in Sierra Leone than in almost every other country in the world.
Dinner planned to raise money for war-torn country
EastBayRI.com
The students in the club have been raising money for The Foundation for West Africa which was founded by Barrington native Topher Hamblett and he money raised from the April 8 dinner will provide Sierra Leone with new equipment for radio stations and possibly solar power for a clinic in Sierra Leone. The area is still recovering from a decade-long civil war and some areas are still ?ghost towns? Mr. The dinner will include spaghetti and salad provided by Chiazza.
Students Team Up With Police to Curb Violence in Sierra Leone
Awareness Times
At a press briefing held at the SLP headquarters on George Street Freetown on Friday 27th March 2009 students all over the country through their representatives pledged to compliment the efforts of the police in ensuring that violence especially among students and youths in general becomes a thing of the past. The programme attracted key stakeholders like the Vice President of the Republic of Sierra Leone the Minister of Education Youth and Sports the Mayor of the Freetown Municipality the Inspector General of Police the Attitudinal Change Director the Sierra Leone Teachers Union the Director of the Media and Public Relations Unit of the SLP among others. In his statement the Director of the Media and Public Relations Unit of the SLP Inspector Ibrahim Samura said violence in any community is inimical to development and peaceful co-existence. He said with regret that violence seems to be taking over the social behaviour of certain individuals as evident in the number of violent acts the police have had to deal with in recent times adding that this if not stopped at all means will drive away well meaning investors.
After horrific war a blossoming
Munster Times
“That Ishmael Beah told a standing room only audience Monday at Valparaiso University was his experience as a forced child warrior in Sierra Leone’s civil war of the 1990s. An estimated 800 people packed the ballroom of the new Harre Union to hear Beah author of the best-selling memoir “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier. “Beah who now works with Human Rights Watch and United Nations offices to prevent the use of children in warfare did not retell the horrors of war recounted in his book. Instead he used his hour to tell how he regained his humanity and explore how his story might help others. With humor and openness he focused on the positives in his story and in life.
Monday Kickaround
Washington Post
Do the managers keep the gruesome facts from the players until afterward? Posted by: DadRyan | March 30 2009 11:49 AM As a supporter of Liverpool Football Club which has had its own tragediesm my thoughts and prayers go out to the victims in Cote D’Ivoire. Posted by: Liverbird | March 30 2009 1:04 PM Witnessing such a tragedy once in my life (Sierra Leone hosting Cameroon) I offer my thoughts prayers and deepest condolences to the families of those lost to the injured and to Ivorian and West African football. This is not a time for blame or to throw stones but African football needs to stop packing these antiquated poorly constructed stadia well beyond capacity; placing valuable lives in danger because of greed. When this incident happened in Sierra Leone some years ago many of us were on the tracks of the Shiaka Stevens Stadium because greedy organizers kept selling tickets for an event that was already well beyond sold out. This loss of life really saddens and angers me. Posted by: Kosh2 | March 30 2009 1:32 PM Post a Comment We encourage users to analyze comment on and even challenge washingtonpost.
Armed Forces Agricultural Unit Launched in Sierra Leone
Awareness Times
The ceremony was witnessed by scores of imminent personalities including the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Mr. Alie Badara Mansaray and the Chief of Defence Staff of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) Brigadier General Nelson Williams. In his opening remarks the Chairman of the occasion Reverend James S. K Bendu thanked the Minister of Defence Honourable Paolo Conteh for his laudable initiative in introducing mechanized farming in the chiefdom saying such a move will no doubt go down in history as one of the few good things that have happened to the district over the years.
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