The News Review:

- Liberia: ECMG Peacekeepers Trained Liberians To Fight In Sierra …
- Sierra Leone: Fraud Syndicate At Ports
- Sierra Leone Government Postponed NRA Goods And Services Tax
- Sierra Leone: From a Victim to a Victor
- Sierra Leone: PMDC to Unite for 2012

Liberia: ECMG Peacekeepers Trained Liberians To Fight In Sierra …
AllAfrica.com
GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );Peacekeepers of the Economic Community of West Africa States Monitoring Group (ECMG) who were based in Liberia trained over 1000 Liberians and sent them to fight in Sierra Leone Mr. Taylor told the court in The Hague today. Many of these Liberians were disarmed combatants who were paid and made to fight alongside the Kamajors a Sierra Leonean civil militia that fought against rebels forces on behalf of the Sierra Leonean government. “Some of these disarmed ex-combatants were trained and made to fight alongside the Kamajors.

Sierra Leone: Fraud Syndicate At Ports
AllAfrica.com
An authoritative official source has disclosed that names of people who have retired resigned or died were still in the office voucher and their salaries running as staff members. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );”Salaries of staff members who have left the office two years back are still running. This has been happening for a long time now. The authorities concerned must act fast to prevent it from getting worst” the source said.

Sierra Leone Government Postponed NRA Goods And Services Tax
Standard Times Press
Alieu Sesay to further strangle businessmen and women and increase the woes on the consumers has been put on hold by the Executive arm of government after a careful study of both the political and economic implications of the proposed Goods and Service Tax (GST) to be introduced on 1st September 2009. It would be recalled that some weeks back a hurriedly convened conference with poor publicity was held at the Bank of Sierra Leone Complex to discuss the new economic concept which was opposed by the business community as untimely to be introduced to the country. Despite the concerns raised by the business community tax and economist analysts the focus of the National Revenue Authority was to forge ahead with it and damn the consequences. Between the dates of the conference at the Bank of Sierra Leone Complex to now when the GST was muted out several representations from various sections of the communities have been made to President Ernest Bai Koroma highlighting the negative implications it would have on our poor economy.
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Sierra Leone: From a Victim to a Victor
AllAfrica.com
For several decades these mineral resources have neither benefited the country nor the people. What are the reasons for that? We all know. Undisputedly it is because of our selfish ill-minded and stupid leaders sorry to say that is the principal cause for our ailing and deplorable economic situation. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );How could one be living on the bank of an ocean yet washing his or her hands with spittle? We call that ‘sky-high stupidity’.

Sierra Leone: PMDC to Unite for 2012
AllAfrica.com
Alex Jinnah Bockarie said the initiative will help the party’s bid to capture State House and form the next government of Sierra Leone. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );He cited the regular visits by former PMDC eastern region chairman Chief Ahmed Benson Suwu to the party’s Dama Road office in Kenema as an indication that he was not only a strong party member but also determined to ensure the PMDC score remarkable success in the next general elections. According to Bockarie unity now prevails among members of the party as they have come to the realization that all of them are fighting for the same goal. “Before I was elected regional chairman east there were rumours that most of the members had left or are planning to leave the party. That motivated me to gun for the chairmanship position and after my victory I took it as a challenge to bring the party together.