The News Review:

- Sierra Leone: VP Sam-Sumana Talks About JB thers
- Chinese to fund 25 bn Sierra Leone mine project
- Distinguished Son of Sierra Leone Gets Russian National Honour
- Miss Sierra Leone pays courtesy call on First Lady
- Sierra Leone: NRA Boss Hits Jackpot in Europe
- It’s Time to Make Mothers a Priority
- Sierra Leone: G4S Goes International

Sierra Leone: VP Sam-Sumana Talks About JB thers
AllAfrica.com
Anoka High School graduates felt honoured that the Vice President of Sierra Leone Alhaji Sam-Sumana was at their school to offer them words of wisdom; words that they hope to put to practice in making a difference in the lives of others. With their parents friends and well-wishers in attendance it was clear they will forever cherish the moment. But that was not the only group he met with; he visited his Alma mater the Metropolitan State University and also met with the Sierra Leonean community. This was the same community that he once belonged to. That he could come back and meet with long time friends and acquaintances were a reminder that even though he no longer sees and talks with them regularly he has not forgotten about them.

Chinese to fund 25 bn Sierra Leone mine project
Business Day
?Chinese construction companies will fund the project and build the plant? executive chairman Frank Timis said in London. The companies would get a guaranteed supply of iron ore in return he said. Timis who holds a 22% stake in African Minerals declined to give further details. China the largest steel-making nation is seeking to acquire foreign iron-ore supplies.

Distinguished Son of Sierra Leone Gets Russian National Honour
Awareness Times
I think that you will agree that it is a great honour for Sierra Leone that he has received this prestigious international award. I am sure that it would interest your readers. May I kindly ask you to publish it on your website. Many thanks for your kind cooperation. Yours sincerely Dr George b.

Miss Sierra Leone pays courtesy call on First Lady
Patriotic Vanguard
THE newly crowned Miss Sierra Leone 2009 Mariatu Kargbo recently paid a courtesy call on the First Lady of the Republic of Sierra Leone Madam Sia Nyama Koroma before leaving for China. Receiving the 2009 Queen of Sierra Leone Madam Sia Koroma expressed satisfaction that Mariatu Kargbo has what it takes to put Sierra Leone on the international fashion map. “When you set eyes on her on stage you are forced to exclaim when you talk with her and you get to know the humility and simplicity of the inner person you feel she has a big sweet heart which makes you say God is wonderful. She is a very obedient lady and is Sierra Leone’s biggest star in Asia” Madam Koroma said to the galaxy of audience who accompanied the eloquent tall slim chummy queen. She heaped praises on Mariatu Kargbo for taking the bold step to come to Sierra Leone to participate in the Madam Yoko Entertainment annual Premier Beauty Pageant contest in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism and Cultural Affairs at the Prestigious Family Kingdom at Aberdeen.
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Sierra Leone: NRA Boss Hits Jackpot in Europe
AllAfrica.com
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );Mr. Sesay is heading home with broad smiles after grabbing four scholarships for his Customs workers to pursue Masters Degree programmes in Germany. Furthermore the smooth-talking NRA boss has succeeded in ensuring that for the first time Sierra Leone now has a seat on the six-member Audit Committee of the World Customs rganization (WC) representing about 30 countries from West and Central Africa. In addition Sesay has also succeeded in getting a seat for Sierra Leone in the Human Resource Working Group which is tasked with the responsibility of designing appropriate programmes to build capacity and motivate staff in Customs administration in the West and Central Africa regions. After his WC meeting in Brussels Sesay took time off his busy schedule to grant a brief interview in the office of the Information Attache at the Sierra Leone Embassy in Brussels Chernor juku Sesay and threw light on his trip to Europe and the performance of NRA towards the improvement of the national economy. Get a taste of what he said:Information Attaché (IA): You’ve just come to the end of your European trip how would you describe it?Allieu Sesay: It has been very very successful. For me it is the most successful trip of all the trips I’ve taken personally as well as to the country.

It’s Time to Make Mothers a Priority
Huffington Post
In Sierra Leone a woman’s chance of dying in childbirth is 1 in 8. Although indications are that this alarming rate is dropping it is still avoidably high. And more shocking still nearly all of these deaths could have been prevented with basic medical care. The Millennium Development Goal which committed the world to reducing maternal mortality by 75% by 2015 and to make mothers a priority is failing. This target which if prioritized could unlock so much of our continent’s potential has achieved the least progress.

Sierra Leone: G4S Goes International
AllAfrica.com
The process was in line with the global objective of having a single identity so that the company would have a unique identity that is recognized worldwide. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );G4S’s country operations manager Antony Rothwell said their security guards will now have a unique uniform which was part of the institution’s branding process. He said other West Africa countries including Ghana have already begun the process but because of some reasons Sierra Leone was only embarking on the process now. Rothwell said there were lots of negative publications with regard the development but that security guards should have nothing to fear as the institution remains the same.