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	Essay
		An NPRC Secretariat was established in Koidu Town and the security network strengthened by increasing the number of soldiers with advanced logistics.
		It was true Koidu had fallen to rebels but came October 24th with glad tidings of the forceful retreat of these devils incarnate.
		As Koidu people moved to Kamadu, instinctively, Kamadu too moved and, upon arrival at Yardu Gbense not even a fowl could be seen and so the movement went on.
	www.sierra-leone.org /essay.html (1290 words)

	Gem miners' labours earn few riches for Sierra Leone
		Koidu Holdings, the only company operating a deep mine in Koidu, is 40 per cent owned by Energem Resources, a Canadian group headed by Tony Teixeira, a South African businessman.
		Jan Joubert, Koidu Holdings' chief executive, says he and a small number of staff used to work for Executive Outcomes, but adds that this is the only link between the two companies.
		Opinions in Koidu of what Executive Outcomes did in the town are mixed: many people praise the company for delaying the rebel occupation, although some say it concentrated on protecting the mine and did little to help locals.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press391.htm (874 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Sefadu
		Koidu-Sefadu is the second largest city in Sierra Leone, lying in the east of the nation.
		Its name is often shortened to Koidu or Sefadu, and it is also known as Kono or New Sembehun.
		American aid workers helped rebuild the Koidu Government hospital, which has improved the previously alarming health situation in the town.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sefadu (316 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Koidu
		Koidu, five years ago, was a symbol of much that was wrong in Sierra Leone...
		Koidu Holdings, a company which is 60% owned by Geneva-based Steinmetz Diamond Group, launched the initiative and has so far pumped $21 million into opening two Kimberlite diamond mines in Sierra Leone...
		Koidu Holdings SA - Sierra Leone All the company's mining and exploration assets in Sierra Leone are held by 40%...
	news.surfwax.com /worldcities/files/Koidu_Sierra_Leone.html (837 words)

	Sakala: Koidu seltsimaja võib jääda soojata
		Vastvalminud soojussõlm Koidu seltsimajas on kinni plommitud, sest kütte eest ei soovi keegi maksta.
		Viljandi Koidu seltsimajja linna rahaga rajatud uus soojussõlm võib kasutult seisma jääda, sest ei leidu kedagi, kes tasuks hoone küttekulud.
		Koidu seltsi juhataja sõnul pole raha ka hoone majandamiseks ning selts on teinud linnale ettepaneku maja omandiõigus üle võtta.
	www.sakala.ajaleht.ee /091004/esileht/5012808.php (557 words)

	Mining Review Africa - Issue 3/2004
		Koidu, which consists of two kimberlite pipes and four dykes, was first discovered in 1948.
		The Koidu mine is owned by a company called Koidu Holdings, where Diamondworks is the largest stakeholder with 40%, together with two Geneva-based private companies, Magma Diamond Resources (35%) and (Benny Steinmetz Group) BSG Resources (25%).
		Koidu Holdings is also active on the Middle Sewa licence area commencing with gravel sampling associated with paleo channels for alluvial diamond deposits.
	www.miningreview.com /archive/mra_3_2004/26_1.php (1325 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| Sierra Leone road trip: Yengema to Koidu
		Koidu is no longer a town in the accepted sense of the word, but one huge diamond mine.
		I stopped outside what used to be a hardware store on the main street of Koidu and stood in the mud to watch hundreds of men panning through mounds of gravel to look for a precious stone.
		Koidu, at the centre of one of the most hotly contested areas of the country during the war, was long ago looted of everything useful except its mud.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/1484843.stm (567 words)

	How Relief Agencies Hook Up From the Field
		Koidu is a strategically important outpost at the heart of Sierra Leone's coveted diamond-mining territory, which lies less than 30 miles from the porous border with Liberia, a nearly lawless country decimated by two blood-soaked changes in regime in the past 20 years.
		Arriving at the Koidu base, Majongwe takes the Cisco 3725 and goes to work in the cramped server room, promising the base administrator the network connection to the outside world will be down a half-hour at most, while he changes the router.
		Nevertheless, at the end of their stay in Koidu, Majongwe takes two routers on the helicopter flight back—the one he came with and another malfunctioning unit that had been sitting on the shelf.
	www.baselinemag.com /print_article/0,1406,a=117575,00.asp (9634 words)

	Diamonds - Perpetrating Power, Small Arms in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone and Liberia - Monograph 116 June 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In addition to its two kimberlite mines in Koidu, Koidu Holdings has three other exploration properties, and in June 2004 was awarded a fourth 89 square kilometre property at Tongo Field in an open tender.
		Koidu Holdings trains, equips, and maintains a security force according to their original government lease, but the laws against private gun ownership now “make this difficult” according to company representatives.
		Koidu Holdings’ relationship with the Sierra Leone Police is possibly the one area that they have not been assailed for in the media.
	www.iss.co.za /pubs/Monographs/N0116/Chap4.htm (4728 words)

	Can diamonds be a curse forever? Newsletter from NMJD in Sierra Leone
		Reports say they stayed in their homes when the blasting occurred by the Koidu Holding, despite the warning notice carried out by the former South Africa mining company through the SLBS community radio station that everybody should be moved out of the houses until after the blast.
		Koidu Holdings is generating a substantial sum of money which demands the company to construct better housing and offer other amenities for the people," the minister observed.
		Koidu Holdings is only interested in exploiting the resources of the country and not helping the people," Tamba Sam, a local resident lamented.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press334.htm (6756 words)

	Washingtonpost.com: Sierra Leone
		We limped at dusk into Koidu, rocking on two flat tires and a snapped shock absorber, headlights gone.
		Koidu and surrounding Kono District are the prize that for generations has lured colonizers, mercenaries, bandits, prospectors and revolutionaries to Sierra Leone's interior.
		Strasser paid $15 million and a share of Koidu's diamond concessions to the firm, which was led by retired white officers from the notorious apartheid-era 32 Battalion of the South African special forces.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/photo/galleries/sierra_leone/part_5.htm (1711 words)

	BBC News \| AFRICA \| Sierra Leone diamond town seeks alternative
		In Koidu town, I pass a crowd of teenagers, crowding around a hut.
		It is this sort of tension that has discouraged some aid agencies from coming back to Koidu and the surrounding Kono district.
		Something else must be found for Koidu's young men or the current peace may be short-lived.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/1908691.stm (790 words)

	Sierra Leone HACU situation report 23 May-8 June 1998
		The purpose of the mission is to assess the humanitarian situation in Sierra Leone and to draw the attention of the local and international community to outstanding areas of concern.
		The mission was unanimous in its conclusion that Koidu town was facing a serious humanitarian emergency, the scale of which was far more severe than any other area of Sierra Leone assessed since the return of the democratically-elected Government to power.
		However, as Koidu is clearly in the war zone care must be taken to ensure that the delivery of humanitarian assistance does not contribute to the dynamics of the conflict.
	www.africa.upenn.edu /Newsletters/irinw_61198.html (1912 words)

	[No title]
		Koidu Holdings SA has been awarded the exclusive license for the prospecting and mining of the Tongo diamond fields in Sierra Leone, located in the Kenema district of the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone, approximately 48 kilometers south of Koidu's Koidu mine.
		Koidu Holdings was awarded the license to explore for diamonds in the Tongo Fields under an open tender held by the Sierra Leone Government, and will be guaranteed a Mining Lease for the area upon successful completion of an evaluation and development program within two years.
		The equity partners in Koidu are required to immediately begin funding, in proportion to their shareholding, the simultaneous fast track evaluation and development of all diamond resource assets in Sierra Leone.
	www.tacyltd.com /Research_Materials_Full.asp?id=53500 (511 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Hezbollah extorting gem profits, U.S. says
		KOIDU, Sierra Leone — Lebanon's Hezbollah guerrilla movement is siphoning profits from West Africa's diamond trade, in part by threatening Lebanese diamond merchants, U.S. diplomats charge.
		Only 6,000 Lebanese are thought to remain in Sierra Leone after this country's 1991-2002 war for control of the eastern diamond fields surrounding Koidu, West Africa's richest-known deposits.
		In Koidu, indigenous Sierra Leoneans make up only about 35 of the roughly 200 legal diamond buyers, said Prince Saquee, chairman of the Diamond Dealers Association.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2001968639_diamonds30.html (803 words)

	USAID Sierra Leone/Transition Initiatives: Mary Musa--"I am a Leader" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		A rare bird, Mary Musa is Chairperson of Koidu Town Council, a powerful position for a woman in the male-dominated mining region of Kono.
		As Chairperson for the Koidu Town Council, Musa is a rarity--a woman in a high position of power in a large regional town, particularly in the male-dominated mining region of Kono.
		Musa says that although she has a rough road ahead as people in Koidu learn to transition back into a peaceful society, the Nation Building training has allowed her to use her abilities and her patience in solving difficult situations around her for both herself and for other members of the community.
	www.usaid.gov /sl/sl_reintegration/news/030228_nationbuilding/marymusa.htm (727 words)

	Sierra Leone: President: President Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Visits Kono (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		President Kabbah's first engagement in Koidu was to officially open the rehabilitated Kono Government Hospital which had been destroyed during the rebel war.
		The Koidu Town Sports Stadium was overcrowded with people from all corners of Kono District who came to have a glimpse of their President.
		Addressing a large crowd at the Koidu Town Sports Stadium Wednesday, the President said the move was "necessary in order to ensure that this valuable asset benefits the people of this country and that the evil practices associated with the mining and sale of diamonds are eliminated".
	www.statehouse-sl.org /kono-diamond-august27.html (988 words)

	Minerals Engineering International - Plant Operation News: Africa
		DiamondWorks Ltd. (the "Company") is pleased to report that intermittent processing of materials from various sources for the purpose of commissioning and testing its 50 tonne-per-hour processing plant at the Koidu Kimberlite Project has resulted in the recovery of a total of 282 carats of gem quality, rough diamonds.
		The Koidu Project is located in Sierra Leone, Africa and is a 50/50 joint venture between the Company and Magma Diamond Resources Limited ("Magma").
		The bulk of the stones, including the three largest stones, are described as being clear white gem stones with the three largest and a number of others being described as octahedral in shape.
	www.min-eng.com /ops/af/80.html (325 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Africa / Africans want justice for 'forced brides' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		KOIDU, Sierra Leone --These days, Mamoussa Bangura's brown eyes shine beneath the exclamation point that rebels branded on her forehead.
		She now spends her days at Koidu's Progressive Women's Center, a poorly funded, locally run skills-training center helping only a fraction of the estimated thousands of females known locally as "bush wives."
		Here in Koidu, 200 women -- including many former bush wives like Mamoussa -- proudly wear their green gingham uniforms while learning hairdressing, batik dyeing, tailoring and AIDS awareness.
	www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2004/07/03/africans_want_justice_for_forced_brides?mode=PF (924 words)

	The Koidu Kimberlite Project - Is Koidu Holdings Ltd. above the law?
		That the number of people directly affected by the operations of the Koidu Holdings Limited is 4,536 with 284 households, who should be accorded priority access to the EIA in their local language and consultations facilitated to ensure their input and active participation.
		That the time allotted for the reading of the document by the general public should be extended from three weeks to six weeks for a better understanding of the issues raised in the report so as to enable people to meaningfully make their own inputs.
		That Koidu Holdings Limited should ensure meaningful participation of the affected communities in the planning and implementation processes of all projects and programmes that affect the communities through regular consultations and participatory monitoring.
	www.minesandcommunities.org /Action/press263.htm (1663 words)

	Koidu, Sierra Leone - Current News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Intermittent processing of materials from various sources for the purpose of commissioning and testing of the 50 ton-per-hour processing plant at the Koidu...
		Our destination is Koidu town, in the heart of Kono district.
		SIERRA LEONE (KOIDU), December 23 (Online): Office Incharge of UNAMSIL, Allan Doss has appreciated the efforts of Pakistani troops in peacekeeping, providing...
	www.4newz.net /world/am/Koidu.html (93 words)

	developments - feature 04/2000 - Conflicting Priorites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One of the towns devastated by the conflict is Koidu in the eastern province, known locally as the diamond city’ because it includes the diamond-rich Tongo Field.
		Before the fall of Koidu – and for that matter the entire Kono district – agriculture flourished alongside mining.
		The Koidu post office and Commercial Bank complex downtown were bulldozed by rebels to excavate diamonds from the gravel.
	www.developments.org.uk /data/12/f_conflicp.htm (1678 words)

	Inter Press Service News Agency
		''I was horrified by what I saw at the minefields,'' Otunno told IPS this week Thousands of children, aged between seven and 16, are being engaged in the minefields of Koidu Town, the capital of the eastern diamond-rich district of Kono in what is clearly child labour in the post-war era.
		Titled ''Children in Mining Activities'', the survey targeted 1,000 minors, among whom 90 percent were male children and 10 percent girls, all involved in mining in various capacities.
		Mac-Ivan Rogers of World Vision told IPS in Koidu: ''Child mining in Kono is a serious problem because of the various abuses that the children have to put up with.'' The child miners come from various backgrounds, from ex-combatants and street children, to abandoned and separated children.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/sendnews.asp?idnews=16367 (620 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		Her home has become a haven for people from Koidu, and she is part of the hope in my country.
		We're here in the down of Koidu to find out where Tamba's village is. It's been a long time since Tamba was home, and we don't know if his father is still there.
		At first, we thought we she was in Koidu, but after three weeks of frustration, social workers found her in Freetown running a market store.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0112/23/cp.00.html (5092 words)

	CNN.com - Freetown Part 4: Memories - May 21, 2002
		He remembers he was abducted from a village near Koidu in the east of Sierra Leone, so we journey from Freetown deep into the rebel-controlled east, to where the rebels came from -- to Kono, where the diamond mines are, and where the rebels quickly took over when the war began 10 years ago.
		We're in the town of Koidu to find out where Tamba's village is. It's been a long time since Tamba was home, and we don't know if his father is still there.
		In the market at Koidu, I ask for directions to the village from where Tamba was taken.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/africa/01/04/freetown.4 (1008 words)

	Sakala: Koidu seltsimajja tuleb pärandkultuuri keskus
		Koidu seltsimaja hakkab haldama linna ja kultuuriakadeemia osalusel loodav pärandkultuuri sihtasutus ning maja renoveerimiseks kavatsevad nad raha saada Euroopa fondidest.
		Praegu on Jakobsoni tänav 18 asuva maja omanikuks endiselt Koidu selts, kes on hoone ülalpidamiseks vajaliku raha puudumisele viidates teatanud, et soovib sellest loobuda.
		Koidu seltsimaja küttearved on viimastel kuudel tasunud linn.
	sakala.ajaleht.ee /151204/esileht/5013776.php (471 words)

	Sierra Leone's troubling stones \| csmonitor.com
		Police patrol the muddy pits to make sure that all finds are registered in government books and later taxed at the requisite rate of 3 percent.
		The 23 supervisors and 27 policemen sent to Koidu – paid $50 to $75 a month – are not given housing, and are not happy.
		Back at the diamond pits in Koidu, one of the laborers acknowledges that he was once a "boss man." He says he never gave any thought to international terrorism, and never much considered the connections between diamonds and war.
	www.csmonitor.com /2002/0522/p06s01-woaf.htm (861 words)

	[No title]
		Koidu Holdings is controlled for 60% by the Steinmetz Diamond Group, which is also the operator of the Koidu Mine.
		There were almost no deviations in the scoring and the two front runners, Koidu Holdings and Gem Fields Resources, scored very closely, necessitating the commission to look very careful at each category.
		The results of the bid evaluation process show that Koidu Holdings S.A. was unanimously voted first, followed by Gem Fields Resources Limited in second place, and Argyll Resources Corporation (a company associated with African Marine Minerals Corporation) in third position.
	www.tacyltd.com /TenLiner_Full.asp?id=63 (788 words)

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