Sierra Leone: News & Information: June 2005 Archives: President Kabbah

Archive of June 2005 Reports

Sierra Leone's Sportsmen Bring Laurels

Officials of the Ministry of Youth and Sports and the Sierra Leone Football, Cricket and Athletics Associations, on Friday 24th June 2005 presented to President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah trophies and medals their teams won at various international competitions during the month of June.
The national football team, Leone Stars, won the Four Nations' Peace Tournament hosted by Sierra Leone involving Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and The Gambia, the cricket team won the 17th West African Cricket Championship, while Sierra Leone won thirteen medals: 8 Gold and 5 Silver medals in the West African Zone Two Solidarity Athletics Championship that took place in The Gambia.

(24nd June 2005)

President Kabbah Launches U.S. Ambassador's Girls Scholarship Program

Education of the girl child has over the last few years assumed an unprecedented prominence on the education agenda of the Sierra Leone. Due to the very high disparity in access and retention of girls in schools as compared to boys,
Government in 2003 launched the Sababu Education Project, aimed at providing more opportunities for girls in school particularly those in Junior Secondary School, and also encourage parents to send their girl child to school. The project covers the payment of school fees, school supplies including books and uniforms.

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(22nd June 2005)

United Nations Conference On Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration (DDR) and Stability In Africa.

The President, Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, on Tuesday 21st June 2005 formally opened a three-day international conference on Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration (DDR) and Stability in Africa organized by the United Nations and hosted by Sierra Leone. The conference which was held at the Miatta Conference Centre in Freetown attracted delegates from seventeen countries in Africa and the world, and especially countries in post-conflict transitions who were at the conference to share experiences with each other and note the lessons learnt from their various disarmament, demobilization and reintegration and peace processes.

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(21th June 2005)

His Excellency The President, Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Returns From Qatar And Nigeria On South-South Co-operation

President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah was among the Heads of State who addressed the recently concluded second South-South Summit of G77 Countries and China in Doha, Qatar. The inaugural meeting of the South-South Summit was held in Havana, Cuba, in 2000, when nations entered the new millennium with all its challenges and expectations. The Havana Programme of Action which was adopted was a road map for the South to address emerging challenges of economic growth and prosperity. The focus of this meeting was to assess progress and identify obstacles and challenges militating against the achievement of these objectives. It was a stock-taking by member countries of specific measures taken in pursuance of the Havana Programme.

(20th June 2005)

Paramount Chief Of Sandor Chiefdom Installed

The institution of Paramount Chieftaincy which had over the years lost much of its values is now gaining the dignity and importance it once carried in the early 1960's and even prior to independence .
President Kabbah's vision has been the resuscitation of local government administrations and the devolution of responsibility to local authourities. In a move to manifest his commitment to the decentralization process, President Kabbah has moved away from the former system of recognizing Paramount Chiefs at State House in Freetown to meeting the newly-elected Paramount Chiefs in their chiefdoms and get them recognized in the presence of the chiefdom people themselves.

(6th June 2005)

President Kabbah Launches Gola Forest Conservation Concession Programme

Our forests, the importance of which cannot be over estimated, had suffered immensely in the hands of the people mainly for human activities including logging, farming and mining. These activities if allowed to go an unabated will not only destroy our most valuable natural resource, but will also affect wildlife, including our water resources.

(6th June 2005)

Press Release
Memorandum Of Understanding Between Libya And Sierra Leone
(6th June 2005)

President Kabbah Returns From Burkina Faso

The President, Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah has returned to Freetown after a two day official visit to Burkina Faso where he attended the seventh ordinary session of Conference of Leaders and Heads of State of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) in Ouagadugu from the 1st- 2nd June 2005.

(3rd June 2005)