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USA and UK Press Release on SL Election
US EMBASSY IN SIERRA LEONE
BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION IN SIERRA LEONE
For Immediate Release
November 20, 2012
MEDIA NOTE: Joint Statement on Elections in Sierra Leone
Following is a joint statement issued November 20, 2012 by the Embassy of the United States of America and the British High Commission in Sierra Leone.
Statement by EU High Representative C Ashton on the elections in S Leone.
Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, made the following statement, following the elections in Sierra Leone on 17 November, 2012:
"I welcome the peaceful conduct of voting of 17 November in Sierra Leone which marks a further step in the consolidation of democracy in the country.
Read more: Statement by EU High Representative C Ashton on the elections in S Leone.
DIY Africa: Empowering a new Sierra Leone
Editor's note: David Sengeh is a doctoral student working at MIT’s Media Lab.
By David Sengeh, Special to CNN
(CNN) - When Kelvin Doe, a then-13-year-old from Sierra Leone, saw that off-the-shelf batteries were too expensive for the inventions he was working on, he made his own at home. Kelvin did not have the privilege to do his project in a school environment. Rather, he was compelled to act by necessity and for the joy of solving practical problems. Kelvin combined acid, soda, and metal, dumped those ingredients in a tin cup, waited for the mixture to dry and wrapped tape around the cup to make his first battery. He failed several times before completing a final, working prototype. He hasn’t purchased a battery since.
Sierra Leone's Koroma moots higher mining revenues if reelected
Oct 18 (Reuters) - Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma said on Thursday he will boost tax revenues from the mining sector if he is elected to a second term in next month's elections, as part of a plan to combat poverty in the West African state.
Koroma will face off against opposition rival and former junta leader Julius Maada Bio in the Nov. 17 polls, seen as a barometer of progress in the country as it continues to rebuild from a civil war that ended a decade ago.
"I promised an agenda for change and I delivered it. Now I am here promising an agenda for prosperity and by god almighty I will deliver," Koroma told hundreds of supporters in the capital during the launch of his campaign platform.
Read more: Sierra Leone's Koroma moots higher mining revenues if reelected
Richard Lee Norris, Face Transplant Patient, No Longer 'Living As A Recluse' After Surgery
Did God underestimated human's capabilities when He created us. Look at all the technologies out there and now we can transplant a human face. I was reading this from the Huffington post and wanted to share.
Seven months after receiving the most comprehensive face transplant in history, 37-year-old Richard Lee Norris is now able to come out of the shadows.