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President Ernest Koroma has appointed and announced the much-awaited final batch of Government Ministers yesterday evening. There are some new faces in this new group also just like the last one. Of note is Dr. Matthew Teambo, the new Labour Minister who was an APC member of Parliament for Tonkolili district (Yoni chiefdom and its […]

Agriterra (LON:AGTA) said its subsidiary Tropical Farms has expanded its cocoa and farming operations in Sierra Leone. It has done so by acquiring a 50-year lease, with a 21 year extension option, over a previously producing cocoa and coffee plantation. The site covers 1,208 hectares, 40 kilometres from Kenema, the country’s third-largest city. Previously run by […]

Mohamed Harding is a 17-year-old student from Freetown, Sierra Leone, whose passion for electronics lends a whole new meaning to the notion of “do-it-yourself.” Despite growing up in one of the poorest countries in the world, where a decade-long civil war devastated both educational and living standards,

Accra, Ghana – 26 civil society organisations (CSOs) in Sierra Leone were groomed on the best strategies to adopt in policy advocacy processes. Adding to these, three organisations (29 in total) learned new ways of creating and sustaining networks and building robust alliances to enhance their advocacy engagements at local and national levels.

WINCHESTER,VA – For those with sweet taste buds, chocolate is something that is hard to resist. The Braddock Street United Methodist Church held its 8th Annual Chocolate Festival to support children in Sierra Leone and Mercy Hospital. “A lot of these children that were on the streets, we want to house them, clothe them, feed them, educate […]

The UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone has sentenced a former defence investigator to two-and-a-half years in prison after being found guilty of interfering with prosecution witnesses. Prince Taylor was sentenced to two years on each of the four counts of interfering with witnesses who had testified in the Charles Taylor trial, and two-and-a-half years […]

Round-the-clock sand-mining on beaches within a few kilometres of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown is having a devastating effect on the coastline, destroying property, and damaging the area’s hopes of a tourism revival. Kolleh Bangura, the director of Sierra Leone’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), is concerned about the rate of sand-removal from the beaches. “It is […]

On instructions of President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister on Tuesday, 29th January 2013 announced Sierra Leone will be contributing a whopping sum of US$1 Million to expedite the deployment of African-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA). Dr. Samura Kamara’s announcement was at a Donors Conference on Mali which was held […]

Ahead of the transfer deadline Bolton Wanderers signed Sierra Leonean midfielder 25 year old Medo Kamara (in photo) in a 3½ year deal from Partizan Belgrade for an undisclosed sum. Although he thought he had no chance of obtaining the player, Manager Dougie Freeman targeted Medo Kamara for his list of transfers. Freedman told BBC Radio Manchester: […]

In a bid to enhance the full implementation of the Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (SLRCS) programs of activities, the SLRCS last Tuesday, January 29th  started a 4-day Review Implementation Workshop for Branch Health Offices and Coaches on Community Base Health Program (CBHP) at the Grassroots Gender Empowerment Government (GGEM) Building 57 John Street in Freetown. […]