The News Review:

- New Sierra Leone association in Northern California
- Sirleaf should be banned from office: Liberia truth commission
- Nigeria: Two Sierra Leoneans graduate from command college
- Urban youth learn lessons in privilege and poverty as they prepare …
- Sierra Leone: Ambassador Bangali Signs AU Treaties
- Sierra Leone: VP Sam-Sumana Talks About JB thers
- Mob tries to attack Sierra Leone ‘witch doctors’

New Sierra Leone association in Northern California
Patriotic Vanguard
As the political bickering continues between the two oldest political parties in Sierra Leone grows wider and deeper as a result of bad politics there is a new message oozing from Northern California. n the 4th July a new assosiation called Friends and Citizens of Sierra Leone organized an outing at Elk Grove Park in Stockton. Hundreds of Sierra Leoneans graced the occasion(see photo). The Chairman of the Association Joseph Solomon Musa admonished all Sierra Leoneans to be united and resilient regardless of political affiliations. Amidst pomp and pageantry there was a united cry for political tolerance preached by various speakers.

Sirleaf should be banned from office: Liberia truth commission
AFP
She was inaugurated in January 2006 and established Liberia’s TRC early in her rule. Taylor is already charged with 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity stemming from his support of Revolutionary United Front (RUF) guerrillas in neighbouring Sierra Leone’s 1991-2001 civil war. The 61-year-old has been on trial in The Hague since January last year following his arrest in Nigeria and his handover to a Special Court for Sierra Leone. He had gone into exile in 2003 in a deal ending Liberia’s civil war. About 120000 people were killed in Sierra Leone’s conflict with rebels mutilating thousands more — cutting off arms legs ears or noses. Taylor is accused of arming training and controlling RUF rebels blamed for many of the mutilations and of being involved in the “blood diamonds” trade. His defence case is due to open on July 13 according to the court in The Hague.

Nigeria: Two Sierra Leoneans graduate from command college
Patriotic Vanguard
Gberebvie and certificated by Federal Republic of Nigeria’s Minister of State Defense Chief Ademola Rasaq Seriki Friday July 3 2009 at a ceremony that took place at Jaji Nigeria. The 18 foreign graduands including Lt.
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Urban youth learn lessons in privilege and poverty as they prepare …
Kalamazoo Gazette – MLive.com
After all she was living on the North Side of Kalamazoo where she was subjected to the sound of occasional gunfire at night and her parents didn’t always buy her the latest fashions. Then livia started learning about the West African country of Sierra Leone in anticipation of a 16-day trip she and eight other Kalamazoo-area youth plan to make to the capital city of Freetown from July 16 to Aug. 3 as part of the newly created local group Urban Youth for Africa.

Sierra Leone: Ambassador Bangali Signs AU Treaties
AllAfrica.com
His Excellency Andrew Gbebay Bangali who also doubles as Sierra Leone’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa signed the two important instruments at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );The signing of the treaties by Ambassador Bangali was an indication of the government of Sierra Leone’s intention to ratify the two instruments. When the treaties would have been ratified by government the rights and obligations of the agreements have to be legalized within the country. The purpose of ratification was to domesticate the legislations in accordance with the treaties.

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.

Mob tries to attack Sierra Leone ‘witch doctors’
AFP
Police questioned the nine suspects Saturday after overnight raids east of the capital that saw hundreds of bystanders held back by police when they sought to attack them. An officer involved in the raid said they found items such as goat horns masks and “weird gowns. “Sulaiman Kabbah head of the Indigenous Traditional Healers Association (ITHA) which assisted in the raids said “hundreds of bystanders wanted to lynch them but they were restrained by the police presence. “Some in the crowd claimed the suspects had used withcraft to harm relatives he said.