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Podas podas: Vehicles of cultural meaning
All over sub Saharan Africa from East to West, mini buses have a special name. In Kenya it is Matatu, in Nigeria – Danfor, Ghana – Tro-tro, Guinea – Magbana and in Sierra Leone – Poda poda. These are public minibuses which ordinarily are just modes of transportation, but interestingly they are dynamic modes of […]
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Scuba Diving for Beginners – Two days
You will be picked up and transferred to Kent from where you will be collected at 10am for your cross overto Banana Island. After introduction you will have a tour of the historical sights of the island and lunch. Later, you will begin the Padi DSD (Discover Scuba Diving) Program: Theory, informal knowledge assessment, familiarizing […]
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Suba United wins CBF female league
The Craig Bellamy Foundation national female football league ended over the weekend with Suba United of Makeni emerging as champions.The final was played at the Wusum Field in Makeni and female football teams from all four regions in Sierra Leone battle for the coveted trophy. Suba United FC defeated Jam-Jam United FC from Kenema 5-1 […]
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Salone Boxers Embark On Fitness Test
The Secretary-General of Sierra Leone Boxing Association (SLBA), Christian Campbell has told this press that the two boxers selected to participate in the July 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland: Abdul Bangura and Mohamed Sillah, are currently undergoing fitness training. “We are presently working on the fitness of the two boxers who were selected based […]
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Zambian football legend sees hope in Salone football
1998 Africa Footballer of the Year and current President of the Zambia FA, Kalusha Bwalya has affirmed that he sees much hope in the future of Sierra Leone’s football.“I see hope in the future of Sierra Leone’s football. They just need to be proactive in their preparations and not wait until the last minute,” the […]
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Vimetco doles out Le132m for Ebola fight
3The bauxite mining company in Sierra Leone, Sierra Mineral Holdings I Ltd, a subsidiary of Vimetco Company based in Russia, has donated the sum of Le132 million to the Sierra Leone Embassy in Russia in response to the Ebola outbreak in the country.This followed a letter of appeal by the Sierra Leone Embassy in Russia. […]
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Ferry FC youngster, Amadu Bah on Sunday, won the innaugural Airtel Rising Stars season (ARS) IV health run marathon, which commenced from the National Stadium entrance at Syke Street to Aberdeen Beach. The innaugural event attracted over 200 male and female youngsters including Airtel staff and other ex-footballers who went through Syke Street, Congo Cross, […]
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Sierra Leone National Park under Attack
Sierra Leone’s Nature has of late come under serious attack by greedy and unpatriotic citizens, as a result of illegal activities on the country’s historic tourism site of Outamba Kilimi National Park (OKNP) that serves as home to Elephants, Chimpanzees, Hippos, Buffalos, Maxwell Duikers, Water and Bush Bucks, Monkeys, Civets among other animals.The Sierra Leone […]
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UK Mayor visits Freetown counterpart
Mayor of Blackburn UK, Mullah Salim recently visited the Mayor, Franklyn Bode Gibson and Staff of the Freetown City Council, on what he refers to as a call for Business. Speaking in the Mayor’s Parlour, the Blackburn Mayor said that he is very happy to be in Sierra Leone, because this is a country that […]
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WHO reports new cases of Ebola in West Africa
UNITED NATIONS, June 18 (Xinhua) — The death toll from an outbreak of Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone has hit 337 since February, a UN spokesman said here Wednesday, quoting data from the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO said 47 new cases and 14 deaths had been reported in the region in […]