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		: A chiefdom in the Port Loko district in the Northern Province...
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		: A chiefdom in the Port Loko district in the Northern Province, a reunion of the Bakeh Loko (Central Loko) and Maforki (Old Port Loko) in 1949...
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	Moydow Signs Earn-in Agreement on Port Loko Bauxite Deposit Business Wire - Find Articles
		Previous studies indicate that the Port Loko deposit is quite heterogeneous with individual blocks varying from 70,000 tonnes to over 5 million tonnes of bauxite.
		One of the key attractive features of the Port Loko bauxite deposit is the presence of a significant amount of infrastructure A rail line runs through the centre of the Port Loko property to a major port facility at Pepel.
		This is one of the few such ports on the west coast of Africa, comparable with Port Kamsar in Guinea, and contrasts with the limited ship loading facilities at Conakry in Guinea.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_Jan_20/ai_n8702103 (680 words)

	CNN - Pro-government troops drive back rebels - January 1, 1999
		FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (Reuters) -- West African peacekeepers backed by Nigerian warplanes have driven rebels from Port Loko, 55 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, a spokesman for the ECOMOG peacekeeping force said Friday.
		Hundreds of rebels attacked Port Loko on Wednesday and, according to a local journalist who fled Thursday, seized part of the town while ECOMOG held another section.
		Port Loko, an important district capital, had around 150,000 inhabitants before the recent upsurge in fighting.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/africa/9901/01/sierra.leone.01/index.html (607 words)

	Port Loko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Port Loko is a city in northwestern Sierra Leone in the Port Loko District of Northern Province.
		Port Loko lies on Port Loko Creek, which flows into the Sierra Leone River.
		BBC News story: Port Loko success for Ecomog
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Port_Loko (91 words)

	Rebel Abuses Near Sierra Leone Capita(Press Release, March 3 2000)
		This roofing was later taken to a main Freetown highway and, according to witnesses, sold by the rebels to soldiers of the loyal Sierra Leonean Army and ECOMOG who were aware of and spoke with the abducted civilians.
		Fatmata, l1, who lives in a displaced persons camp near Port Loko, was one of three children abducted on January 25 when they'd gone in search of food and wood.
		Twelve-year-old Osman, who lives in an internally-displaced-persons (IDP) camp near Port Loko, was abducted at the end of January in Mathakan village, when he and his sister ventured out to pick cassava.
	www.hrw.org /press/2000/02/sl0303.htm (2386 words)

	Security Council
		Port Loko - Five months after the signing of a peace agreement, Sierra Leone is still under the shadow of one of Africa's nastiest rebel movements.
		Hundreds of rebels from Sierra Leone's Revolutionary United Front (RUF) had come out of the bush, given up their weapons and assembled at a camp just outside the tiny town of Port Loko.
		The unarmed United Nations observers were edgy-these people, or their comrades, have butchered civilians, burnt villages and chopped off their victims' hands-but the atmosphere was not violent.
	www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/sierra/99-12-15.htm (903 words)

	CNN.com - Freetown Part 2: Reunion - May 21, 2002
		PORT LOKO, Sierra Leone (CNN) -- We have completed the first part of our mission to return three abducted children to their families.
		The children are counselled and told what is expected of them back in normal society, while investigators try to find their families.
		Sasko had told us that the last news he had heard about his dad was that he was at a Sierra Leone army base in or near Port Loko.
	edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/africa/01/04/freetown.2 (849 words)

	Believe me, refugee pleads - theage.com.au
		It also questioned his comment on Port Loko, north-east of Freetown, the city founded by abolitionists as a refuge for freed slaves in 1787.
		But Mr Jones is adamant that Kissy is not a port at all but a coastal suburb and that the interviewer wrongly assumed that he had indicated Port Loko was a major port.
		Justice Marshall of the Federal Court last April concluded that "even if the RRT was in error about the port of Kissy, assuming the CIA material to be wrong and the applicant's evidence about Kissy to be correct", the tribunal was entitled to rely on a "lack of knowledge" of Port Loko.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/06/07/1054700440819.html (513 words)

	Terra Tech - Pressestimmen (Sierra Leone 1)
		My visit to Port Loko was to see a relative and the first thing that attracted my attention was the on going rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Port Loko government hospital by a German NGO called Terra Tech.
		Basma told me that the German government funds the rehabilitation of the Port Loko government hospital and that Terra tech is also rehabilitating and reconstructing six health centers in the Moyamba District.
		He said after the completion of the Port Loko government hospital full medical and other equipment such as generator and water purification machine for safe drinking water will be provided and that by mid December the whole rehabilitation process will be completed.
	www.terratech-ngo.de /presse1.html (307 words)

	BBC News \| Africa \| Port Loko success for Ecomog
		Local reports said hundreds of rebels attacked Port Loko on Wednesday, seizing parts of the town, while Ecomog forces held other parts.
		According to Sierra Leone's Information Minister, Julius Spencer, Port Loko was reclaimed with the help of local militia.
		Mr Spencer said the rebels were still holding the town of Lunsar, east of Port Loko.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/246206.stm (283 words)

	Company (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Port Loko bauxite concession is a large tract of land of over 650 square kilometres in the North East of Sierra Leone.
		The key attractive feature of the Port Loko bauxite deposits is the presence of a significant amount of infrastructure.
		This is one of the few such ports on the west coast of Africa, comparable with Port Kamsar in Guinea.
	www.minesite.com /CompanyDynamic.php?ID=67 (1980 words)

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		Port Loko District is also a District in the Northern Province where we have two churches and schools in two of its major towns — Lunsar and Lungi respectively.
		Lungi is another important town in the Port Loko District where we currently have the International Airport but the town is so under-developed.
		Bethel bought half an acre of land through the help of Bishop Darlingston G Johnson, and has erected a temporary structure, which the church and the school is using.
	www.bethelsierraleone.org /PhotoGallery.html (638 words)

	Executive Secretariat of National Committee for Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration
		Speaking to the press at the Port Loko South demobilisation centre this week, Sir Jeremy Greenstock who was here on a two-day visit said the troops are empowered to use force to make sure that they are protected and they get access.
		Before visiting the centre, the visitor who was accompanied by the Executive Secretary of the NCDDR Dr. Francis Kai-Kai, the Deputy British High Commissioner, Steve Crossman and UNAMSIL and ECOMOG officials, witnessed the disarmament procedure of an RUF ex-combatant at Magbeni Lol, a short distance from the centre.
		During a meeting at UNAMSIL headquarters in Port Loko, the team leader Lt. Col.
	www.worldbank.org /afr/afth2/crrp/bulletin3-9partone.html (763 words)

	NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILISATION AND REINTEGRATION (NCDDR) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Some 6,831 ex-combatants in Port Loko and Lungi are to receive the second instalment of their Transitional Safety Net Allowance (TSA) within the next three months, according to the NCDDR’s Disarmament and Demobilisation Officer, Dr. M.S. Tejan Kellah.
		This is the first set of ex-combatants to receive the second tranche of the TSA in the Lungi and Port Loko area since the start of the second phase of the DDR programme.
		The only concern of the people in the township he said is the slow pace of the disarmament process which he said is the concern of every well-meaning Sierra Leonean citizen at this point in time.
	www.worldbank.org /afr/afth2/crrp/bulletin3-30.html (982 words)

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		The disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) programme was officially launched on 20 October by President Kabbah, marked by the disarmament in Freetown of a symbolic number of combatants from the former rebel forces and the Civil Defence Forces (CDF).
		Sankoh on 25 and 26 November to RUF fighters at Port Loko and Lunsar, the number of their ex-combatants reporting to the DDR camp at Port Loko rose significantly, which caused some strain on the management of the camp.
		Since the camps at Port Loko have now reached full capacity, efforts are under way to establish demobilization centres at Kambia, Makeni and Magburaka once cooperation from RUF is forthcoming.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord1999/documentation/security/s-1999-1223.htm (3711 words)

	Loko - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Loko (Plovdiv) and Loko (Sofia) are Bulgarian football teams.
		Loko is the name of a 2005 national-team football player in Angola.
		In some slavic lanquages "Loko" can be an abbreviation for locomotive (i.e.: a railway train engine).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Loko (100 words)

	Sierra Leone: ICRC resumes work up-country
		Thanks to cooperation with the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (SLRCS), Red Cross messages can now be delivered to areas outside Freetown, such as Bo, Moyamba, Makeni, Port Loko and Lungi, so that family members can stay in touch despite the interruption of normal channels of communication.
		As the fighting died down in the northern provinces, rehabilitation work resumed last week on 55 wells in Bombali district and Port Loko town.
		Wells are the only source of drinking water for the inhabitants of some villages, and ICRC water and sanitation engineers together with Ministry of Health staff are working against the clock to complete the project before the start of the rainy season.
	www.icrc.org /web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/57JP3K (315 words)

	FIELD REPORT from SIERRA LEONE
		As the impression that this was definitely was what the Lord wanted in my life grew, I decided to obey and enrolled in a Bible School at Port Loko.
		After just one term the school was forced to close because local authorities desired that job skills be taught rather than preparation for the ministry.
		Port Loko is a Muslim town and this may have influenced the decision.
	www.fgbi.org /Missions/SierraLeone/FieldReportSL.html (936 words)

	International Medical Corps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		With fighting intensifying near IMC's Port Loko clinics, the IMC country director wanted to evacuate the local staff as well.
		Dedicated to their mission and to their families, these health care workers chose to hold on in Port Loko, where IMC's three clinics are the only health care facilities in the area.
		Well, we want to prove that right: We were the first to get to Port Loko and we are not leaving.
	www.imcworldwide.org /fieldnotes/sarahsLetter.html (507 words)

	Sierra Leone: President: Speech: ON THE GIRLS' SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMME (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		We are here in the township of Port Loko to launch the Girls' Scholarship Programme, an initiative of the American Ambassador, which I view as a consolidation of Government's drive towards attainment of equity in education service delivery.
		There is a universal recognition of the paramount importance of ensuring that all children, both boys and girls, receive basic education of at least nine years and of an acceptable quality.
		To Ambassador and Mrs Hull, the people of Port Loko and indeed Sierra Leone will remain grateful for your invaluable contribution to their educational development.
	www.statehouse-sl.org /speeches/girl-scholar-june22.html (902 words)

	Weekly Round-Up - IRINWA-14: 07-Apr-00
		SIERRA LEONE: IDPs in Port Loko live in peace A high profile delegation of UN humanitarian agencies that visited Port Loko, 50 km northeast of Freetown, on Wednesday discovered an atmosphere of peace and security in the town and its environs, a UN and government report says.
		Much of the district, north of Port Loko, is under Revolutionary United Front (RUF) control.
		Unlike Port Loko, schools in Kambia are not functioning in the sparsely populated town whose medical facilities are provided by MSF.
	iys.cidi.org /humanitarian/irin/wafrica/00a/0013.html (2338 words)

	HRW - Letter to Commissioners of the African Commission ( September 28, 1999)
		Rebels attempted to amputate the hand of a fifteen-year-old boy during an October 3 raid in Makoberi village near Port Loko.
		On October 10, a twenty-three year old farmer from the Mangarma, near Port Loko, was captured by a group of twenty-six rebels.
		Rebel prisoners, including children, interviewed in Port Loko said they were beaten and mutilated with knives after being captured by members of the newly trained Sierra Leonean army.
	www.hrw.org /campaigns/sierra/sccltr2.htm (1265 words)

	S/1999/645
		As a result, ECOMOG succeeded in opening the roads connecting Freetown with Lungi, Port Loko and Kambia in the western and north-western parts of the country.
		A rebel group, largely composed of troops of the former Republic of Sierra Leone Military Forces (RSLMF), has been detected in the area north of Occra Hills/south of Port Loko, and there is a large build-up of RUF/AFRC in the area north of Lunsar and Port Loko.
		Survivors also reported summary executions in other areas around Port Loko, which were attributed in at least two villages to a well-orchestrated rebel strategy carried out at the orders of rebel commanders.
	www.hri.ca /fortherecord1999/documentation/security/s-1999-645.htm (7208 words)

	United Nations Development Programme \| Sierra Leone - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Last Saturday UNDP and the Ministry of Youth and Sports commissioned a rice mill for the youth engagement and job creation through agriculture project in the Port Loko district.
		For Port Loko district, through our implementing partner, Nation Wide Relief Organization (NWRO), we have engaged 1200 youths in four chiefdoms namely, Loko Masama, Sanda Magbolonton, BKM and Maforki chiefdoms.
		UNDP and our development partner, the Ministry of Youth and Sport are good friends of Port Loko youths.
	www.sl.undp.org /arch_preleases.html (921 words)

	MARINE FISHERY RESOURCES OF SIERRA LEONE: A REVIEW OF EXPLOITED FISH STOCKS
		Port Loko and the Western Area districts have more landing sites which are sampled for artisanal fish catches.
		The coastal sector where the artisanal fishermen land their catch consists of the following districts: Kampia, Port Loko, Western Area, Moyamba, Bonthe and Pujehun.
		Available data on catches and fishing effort indicate higher catch rates in the Western Area, Moyamba and Port Loko districts.
	www.fao.org /DOCREP/003/R9003E/R9003E03.htm (1905 words)

	COMIUM SIERRA LEONE LIMITED NETWORK LAUNCHED IN PORT LOKO TOWN : Sierra Leone News (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The ceremony was held at the Port Loko Court Barray, which was full to capacity while exciting onlookers who were attracted by the launch, dressed up the facade to see it all happen.
		On the other hand, he mentioned that Comium SL has been making donations and contributions towards sports, music and is now embarking on fund raising event for street kids to reduce their incidence and to better up their up bringing; and to assist further as the need arises.
		The Chairman of the Port Loko Town Council gave the vote of thanks and specially thanked Comium SL for bringing development to Port Loko and its environs which is going to transform their life styles.
	news.sl.cob-web.org:8888 /drwebsite/publish/article_20052424.shtml (1291 words)

	PHR Sierra Leone Report: March 2000 Preliminary Investigation
		The team visited programs for rape survivors, camps for the internally displaced, clinics and hospitals, and interim care centers for demobilized child soldiers in Freetown, in two towns in the provinces, Port Loko and Kenema.
		Some of the young women and girls live in fear that the fathers, members of rebel groups, will come back from the bush to claim their babies.
		Though PHR's prevalence information is not yet available, it has been reported that in certain areas north of Freetown such as Port Loko, Kabala and Makeni, rebels have raped most of the women and girls in the area of their control.
	www.phrusa.org /campaigns/sierra_leone/sierra_tripreport.html (4094 words)

	Sierra Leone Elections Results: May 2004 Local Government
		Sometime early next week, we will also be bringing you the results of the Postponed Elections in certain parts of Moyamba, Kono and Port Loko as well as the results of the upcoming Bye-Elections slated to replace one of the elected SLPP Kenema Councillors who passed away on Elections Day.
		However, there are six pending appeals lodged by the APC against 6 of the winning SLPP candidates for Port Loko.
		Additionally, there will be Bye-Elections slated for June 5th (this Saturday) in three of the Port Loko Wards; namely Kaffu Bullom Ward Four, Sanda Magbolonto Ward One and Bure Ward Three because no elections where held in these Wards on May 22nd due to ballot printing problems amongst others.
	www.elections-sl.org (1249 words)

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