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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov 21, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Oraco Resources, Inc. /quotes/zigman/6411827 ORAC +0.39% ("Oraco") announced today that it has strengthened its holdings by reviving contractual rights for the disposition of diamonds, gold, and any other minerals recovered in an approximately 10 acre area of mineral rich Boroma, Sierra Leone. These rights had been acquired by JYORK Industries, Inc. in 2008 before becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Oraco. The holding is located northwest of the city of Koidu in the Kono District, Sierra Leone.

Mainstream journalism needs a complete overhaul if it is to survive as a legitimate voice of society, according to a Sierra Leonean academic at Northumbria University.

In his new book, Human Rights Journalism: Advances in Reporting Distant Humanitarian Interventions(http://www.palgrave.com/products/ti... Check this link for more info), Dr Ibrahim Seaga Shaw explores the role of the media in relation to human rights issues, making the case for the adoption of a new model of human rights journalism.

Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SLIEPA), in collaboration with government, through the Ministry of Trade and Industry, organized a forum to create an interface dialogue between the Private Sector and international investors for partnership.

The forum saw Ministries of government showcasing business potentials to foreign as well as national investors expressing business interests in Sierra Leone.

Accra, Nov. 20, GNA – Ghana's Amputee Football team, The Black Challenge began their campaign in the 2011 Cup of Africa Nations for Amputee Football (CANAF) on a bad note after losing 1-2 to their Sierra Leone counterparts in the tournament's opener on Saturday at the El-Wak Stadium, Accra.

The much talked about Black Challenge team failed to glitter as they were silenced by their Sierra Leonean counterparts in front of their teeming home fans.

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The former Coach for the German national team Dortmund, Galatasary and now the Head Coach of the Turkish side Eskisehirspor, has described the former Captain of this nation’s Under 20 team, Lamin Suma as the next African Big Star in the near future.  (Photo: Lamin Suma listening to instructions from his Coach)

Accra, Nov. 20, GNA – Ghana's Amputee Football team, The Black Challenge began their campaign in the 2011 Cup of Africa Nations for Amputee Football (CANAF) on a bad note after losing 1-2 to their Sierra Leone counterparts in the tournament's opener on Saturday at the El-Wak Stadium, Accra.

The much talked about Black Challenge team failed to glitter as they were silenced by their Sierra Leonean counterparts in front of their teeming home fans.

SIERRA LEONE (KGO) -- Advances for women have been slow to come in many developing countries, but in a recent trip to West Africa, we witnessed how women are helping the nation of Sierra Leone rise from the ashes of civil war with support from aid groups with ties here in the Bay Area.

Freetown (Sierra Leone), 11 November 2011 – Accurate and timely weather information is taken for granted in much of the world, but it is almost entirely absent in Sierra Leone as much of the country’s meteorological infrastructure was lost during the decade-long civil war.

As part of the diplomatic engagement to further strengthen the bilateral relationship between Sierra Leone and Germany, a new Honorary Consul has been appointed.  (Photo: Ambassador Stevens and Dr Scheiter)

Dr. Dietmar Scheiter will be representing Sierra Leone as Honorary Consul in Bavaria, one of the sixteen states in the Federal Republic of Germany.