The News Review:

- Sierra Leone Soccer Ambassadors in the Diaspora for 2010 tournament
- Addressing Impunity for Human Rights Violations in Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone: UN Urges International Support for Country
- Sierra Leone: ‘We Preach Holiness And Faith’
- In Sierra Leone Ministry of Agriculture to boost Youth Employment
- Republic of Sierra Leone Infrastructure Development Project
- Sierra Leone: Dr Gbla n APRM Visit to Ghana

Sierra Leone Soccer Ambassadors in the Diaspora for 2010 tournament
Patriotic Vanguard
Patrick Dangawalli to initiate a quick action plan i to restore the image of football again in our country. Dangawalli(photo) started the movement soon after he returned from Freetown in April and took up the first step by going around the States to urge interested individuals to join him in his genuine intention by establishing a Diaspora soccer club. The club which shall be called Sierra Leone Soccer Ambassadors in the Diaspora (SLSAD) will constitute young players who have been playing effective football in the United States and those in Central Europe. According to Patrick other players across the globe are also welcome to the club but should have a proven ability to play professional football in their resident states and cities. Dangawalli told PV that the soccer Ambassadors will travel to Freetown on December 2010 to launch the club by playing a series of matches at the National Stadium. The former goalie said he has discussed his plans with the Director of Sports Mr. Bai Kabia the Defense Minister Honorable Paolo Conteh and the President of National Heroes Foundation Mr.

Addressing Impunity for Human Rights Violations in Sierra Leone
Patriotic Vanguard
The recent dtention of and scrupulous investigation of Sierra Leone’s opposition leader John ponjo Benjamin in the United States of America on concerns over human rights violations committed during the infamous reign of the National Provisional Ruling Council (NPRC) of which he Benjamin served as Chief Secretary of State (equivalent to that of a Prime Minister) should be perceived as a signal to all and sundry that the age of impunity is no longer tolerable. To some observers the actions of the U. Immigration fficers to interrogate John Benjamin were nothing rather than calculated efforts to besmirch the reputation of the opposition leader. ther conspiracy theorists see the humiliation of John Benjamin as being shopped on by his own brothers (or his political opponents) back home for political intemperance.

Sierra Leone: UN Urges International Support for Country
AllAfrica.com
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );Ban Ki-moon wrote that President Ernest Bai Koroma and the top leaders of both the governing and main opposition parties were able to prevent a new round of conflict after clashes broke out underlining the “fragile nature of the nascent democratic process in the country”. The governing All People’s Congress (APC) and the opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) signed a joint communiqué on 2 April which the UN scribe characterized in his most recent report on the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding ffice in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) as a “major event. The disturbances had they devolved into a full-blown conflict could have heightened regional divisions and increased identification of political parties with ethnic loyalties he said.

Sierra Leone: ‘We Preach Holiness And Faith’
AllAfrica.com
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );Pastor Folu Adeboye who is wife of the General verseer of the church said apart from preaching the gospel the church also engages in development and charity works in all countries where the mission operates. She said the church has established three schools in Freetown and one in Bendu in addition to health clinics in some parts of the country. Pastor Adeboye said the Redeemed Christian Church of God mission was established in 1952 by a man she referred to as an illiterate who started praying together with friends of the same age and later development the idea of establishing a church. “He could not read or write but God helped him choose the name of the church.

In Sierra Leone Ministry of Agriculture to boost Youth Employment
Awareness Times
This disclosure was made by the Minister of Agriculture Forestry and Food Security Dr. Joseph Sam Sesay while addressing journalists in Freetown. The Minister informed that to mark the World Tree Planting Day in Sierra Leone the Ministry in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA) will today Friday 5th June on to July 2009 ensure and facilitate the planting of fifty acres of trees which will serve as forest reserve. These trees he went on will be watched over and nursed by some youths who will soon be employed by the Ministry. He said the Ministry’s long term target is to have ten acres of forest reserve in each district in Sierra Leone and that these forests will be patrolled by employed youths so as to protect them from being deforested. Sesay further highlighted some of the achievements since he assumed office in late 2007 among which he said is the reformation of the forestry division of the ministry; the renovation of the ministry’s conference hall and ensuring that companies logging in communities should fulfill their cooperate social responsibilities.
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Republic of Sierra Leone Infrastructure Development Project
Awareness Times
The works will entail the following two(2) lots: Lot 1a. Works · Runway Rehabilitation works · Widening of Turning Loops& Taxiway accesses. · Relocation of aircraft holding positions · Provision of illuminated wind sock Lots 2a. Water Supply System · Upgrade of Airport water supply system b.

Sierra Leone: Dr Gbla n APRM Visit to Ghana
AllAfrica.com
The three -day visit which lasted from the 19th to the 22nd of May 2009 was cordially hosted by the National African Peer Review Mechanism -Governing Council of Ghana (NAPRM-GC). GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );The Ghana trip was considered timely and appropriate particularly as Sierra Leone is bracing itself for the successful implementation of the APRM after acceding in 2004 and inaugurating an APRM National Governing Council (NGC) in 2008. The three-day intensive discussions and visits to relevant stakeholder institutions that were engaged in the APRM implementation process in Ghana centered on critical issues bordering on the effective functioning of the established national APRM structures maintenance of credibility integrity technical competence and professionalism; mobilization of financial and other critical resources ensuring the independence of the APRM National Governing Council broad-based involvement of all identifiable national stakeholders preparations for the review recruitment of competent research institutions through a transparent process preparation of the various APRM reports and the post APRM review phase. Ghana APRM implementation process Experiences that could be Helpful to Sierra Leone.