The News Review:

- Sierra Leone beach resort is village’s ticket to better life
- Liberia: ECMG Peacekeepers Trained Liberians To Fight In Sierra …
- President Ernest Koroma is on target in Sierra Leone
- Sierra Leone: ACC May Probe Sacked gi Boss
- Sierra Leone: President Koroma’s ‘Regionalism’
- Sierra Leone: Ramadan ffer for Africell Subscribers

Sierra Leone beach resort is village’s ticket to better life
Los Angeles Times
2 Sierra Leone – The dawn rose over lushly carpeted mountains and broke gently along the miles of powdery white beach in the village improbably named River No. It was Sunday and for most of Sierra Leone a day of rest. But for this community it was a workday — the busiest of the week. Patrick Bendu met the fishing boats that bobbed in the Atlantic surf.
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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.

President Ernest Koroma is on target in Sierra Leone
Cocorioko
Sheka Tarawallie Sierra Leone?s Presidential Press Secretary reported on President Koroma?s outrage with the Marine Resources Ministry. ther journalists gave different accounts of the same incident. Tarawallie?s perspective to be most reliable. He quoted parts of the President?s statements to show his annoyance over the affairs of the entire ministry.

Sierra Leone: ACC May Probe Sacked gi Boss
AllAfrica.com
The UNDP an organization funding some of the activities of GI is said to have requested the return of all funds believed to have been diverted and use them for their intended purpose. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );Speaking to Concord Times yesterday Kabba said President Ernest Bai Koroma had never asked nor called for an inquiry into the disappearance of the sum of Le58 million entrusted to him to fund some of the programmes of his office. He denied suggestion that he was sacked as a result of his failure to account for the said money which apparently got missing while Kabba and some staff of GI were traveling to the eastern district town of Kono for one of their provincial open dialogue programmes. Concord Times had published a front page story that President Koroma has ordered a proper investigation into the missing Le58 million which Kabba insisted was stolen following a car accident while on their way to Kono.

Sierra Leone: President Koroma’s ‘Regionalism’
AllAfrica.com
In its latest report titled ‘Sierra Leone: A New Era of Reform?’ ICG the global conflict prevention organization suggested that Koroma did not make any conscious attempt to bridge the obvious regional divide following his victory over the SLPP in 2007. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );”The new president has exacerbated regional political rivalries by dismissing numerous functionaries appointed by the previous administration and replacing them with APC-supporting northerners” the report said adding that returnees from the sizeable overseas diaspora a major source of election campaign money have contributed to the pressure on him to reward party faithful with government jobs. Presidential press secretary Sheka Tarawallie has dismissed the claim saying the head of state has always considered the interest of the country which was why he chose and appointed people to positions of trust based on merit and not regional considerations. Relevant LinksWest AfricaSierra LeoneNGThe president has nevertheless sought to fulfil his promise to run government “like a business concern” by streamlining the ministerial system putting civil service reform back on the political agenda and requiring ministers to sign performance contracts whose targets they must meet to keep their jobs. Meanwhile the president appears to be playing out a long-term strategy of reform in introducing new political discipline.

Sierra Leone: Ramadan ffer for Africell Subscribers
AllAfrica.com
Africell’s head of marketing Claudius Stake Davies said: “The promotions are meant to join our Muslim brothers and sisters around the world and Sierra Leone in particular to observe the month of Ramadan. GA_googleFillSlot( “AllAfrica_Story_InsetA” );”To enter the ‘Holy Quran recitation’ offer subscribers should dial 7100 to listen to different Surahs of the Quran. This offer cost only 8units per minute both peak and off-peak” he said. He said after the Ramadan period a computerized raffle draw would be held for two lucky subscribers who use the aforementioned services adding “The two winners will have the opportunity of making a trip to the holy land of Mecca.