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H.E.
President Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
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Africell
Mobile Phone Company Launched
Africell,
the fourth in a series of mobile phone
companies that have started to operate
in Sierra Leone was launched today,
14th March 2005.
In
his opening remarks the Chairman of
the occasion, Mr. Francis Gabiddon,
said the occasion was not only about
the launching of a mobile phone company,
but that it symbolised a way to say
to the whole world that there is peace
now in Sierra Leone.
(14th
March 2005)
Sierra
Leone Railway Museum
A
collection of the remains of what
was once the Sierra Leone Railway,
the major commuter network linking
the capital Freetown with the rest
of the country since colonial days,
has been finally rescued and put on
display as one of Sierra Leone's preserved
heritage. The rescue mission was undertaken
by British born Colonel Steve Davies,
who is in Freetown on assignment with
the International Military Advisory
and Technical Team (IMATT).
(12th
March 2005)
REPORT
OF THE COMMISSION FOR AFRICA
(11th
March 2005)
United
Nations SRSGs In West Africa Call On
President Kabbah
The
United Nations Special Representatives
of the Secretary-General (SRSGs) in
Liberia, Ambassador Jacques Paul Klein,
Ambassador Alan Doss in Cote D'Ivoire
and Ambassador Ahmedou Ould- Abdallah
in Senegal, together with Ambassador
Daudi Mwagawago, Special Representative
of the Secretary-General in Sierra
Leone on Friday, March 11 2005, paid
a courtesy call on President Ahmad
Tejan Kabbah at the Presidential Lodge
in Freetown.
The
Special Representatives are in Freetown
for their usual rotational meetings
to discuss regional integration and
co-operation and share updates on
situations in their various countries
of assignment.
(11th
March 2005)
SPECIAL
COURT PROSECUTOR BIDS FAREWELL
The
Prosecutor of the Special Court for
Sierra Leone, Mr. David Crane, has
taken formal leave of His Excellency,
President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah at his
Hill Station office in Freetown.
Mr. David Crane who took up appointment
as Prosecutor since the inception
of the Special Court in 2002, said
he will not be renewing his contract
which will end in July this year.
The Prosecutor told President Kabbah
that it was with mixed feelings he
is leaving especially at a time when
Sierra Leoneans are seeking justice,
and assured the President of his continued
interest in the work of the Special
Court.
(10th
March 2005)
President
Kabbah At International Women's Day
Celebrations
Sierra
Leone women joined other women all
over the world on Tuesday, March 8th
2005 to celebrate International Women's
Day, with the theme: "Empowering
women for sustainable Development".
The President, Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan
Kabbah, was in Kenema, Eastern Sierra
Leone, to join the women in this year's
celebrations.
Delivering
her opening remarks the Chairperson
of the occasion, Honourable Dr. Bernadette
Lahai (Member of Parliament), implored
the women to look at this day as a
day of celebration, reflection and
thanksgiving. She said that it was
a day of celebration of the achievements
women have made in making their voices
heard, their presence felt and their
potential and actual contribution
to human capital and economic development
recognized since the declaration of
the day in 1975.
(8th
March 2005)
GOVERNMENT
STATEMENT
(3rd
March 2005)
Victims
Commemoration Conference Begins In Freetown
A two-day National Victims Commemoration
Conference, facilitated by the Special
Court for Sierra Leone started Tuesday
at the Miatta Conference Centrel in
Freetown.
The
Chairman of the opening ceremony,
Ms. Christiana Thorpe, said the conference
was a culmination of a series of regional
consultations that had been held countrywide.
The regional consultations, she said,
dealt with and listened to the voices
of the ordinary men and women.
The
Special Court Registrar, Mr. Robin
Vincent, said the presence of President
Kabbah and Vice President Berewa attached
a very high profile to the conference.
Mr. Robin Vincent said although Sierra
Leoneans have diverse views about
the Court, the conference will give
them the opportunity to have a clear
view of what is expected of the Court
and it will identify the issues and
come up with an action plan. The action
plan, the Registrar said will be looked
at by next year to see which areas
have been addressed and in which areas
they have failed.
In
his address while formally opening
the conference, the President and
Head of State of Sierra Leone, Alhaji
Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, said he was
very pleased to be asked to launch
the National Victims Commemoration
Conference. President Kabbah said
that the subject matter of the conference,
which is to address the issue of public
perceptions of and expectations from
the transitional justice process,
is of special interest to Government.
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(1st
March 2005)
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Sierra Leone, today 24th March 2005,
witnessed another leap in its communications
technology efforts with the launch
of the country's first independent
television station, since the inception
of television broadcasting in Sierra
Leone in 1963.