The News Review:

- Sierra Leone police station turns into snakepit
- Sierra Leone orphan’s journey to American ballet
- Sierra Leone: UN Envoy Honors Mongolian Guard Force in Freetown
- Scholarship offer to combat Sierra Leone teen pregnancies

Sierra Leone police station turns into snakepit
AFP
An estimated 400 snakes mostly cobras and vipers have infested the station in the town of Gerihun in Sierra Leone’s southern Bo district. Residents also complain that they are too afraid of the snakes to go there to report crimes. “(The snakes) have been in the.

Sierra Leone orphan’s journey to American ballet
USA Today
In March she was among a small elite group to make the final round in the New York finals for the Young America Grand Prix the world’s largest competition for student dancers. The story of Michaela DePrince’s journey from Sierra Leone includes a.

Sierra Leone: UN Envoy Honors Mongolian Guard Force in Freetown
AllAfrica.com
” The remarks were made by UN Envoy Ellen Margrethe Løj in Freetown Sierra Leone at a medal parade ceremony held on 4 June in honor of 250 members of the Mongolian Contingent currently under the command of the UN Mission in Liberia – UNMIL. “Mongolian Peacekeepers have acquired a reputation for bringing exceptional discipline to peacekeeping operations an international outlook and an ever-ready approach to their tasks regardless of the environment they find themselves in” she said as she applauded them for rapidly adapting to their new environment. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetB” );The Contingent provides security for the premises of the Special Court protects the detainees when they are moved outside the Court’s compound and if required is responsible for evacuating officials and detainees in cooperation with the UNMIL’s Quick Reaction Force (QRF). In addition a support engineer platoon is stationed at the Level 1 hospital.

Scholarship offer to combat Sierra Leone teen pregnancies
AFP
Local leaders in the 30000-strong chiefdom are also trying to crack down on the problem of teenage pregnancies by banning any schoolboy found guilty of impregnating another student from all educational institutions. “For those bike riders who pregnates a girl student their bikes will be confiscated sold and the expenses go towards the upkeep of the baby” said one of the local elders Julius Koroma. According to figures published by the UN 40 percent of women aged 25 to 29 in Sierra Leone had their first baby by the time they were 18 and 12 percent had their first baby by the time they were 15. Copyright © 2009 AFP. All rights reserved.
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