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Sierra Leone’s top diplomat in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia today, Wednesday, 18th June, 2014 participated in the 41st Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states.  (Photo: Ambassador Kargbo and Deputy Kazakhstan Foreign Minister) Ambassador Mohamed Sillah Kargbo represented Dr. Samura M. Kamara, Sierra Leone’s Foreign and […]

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the first review of Sierra Leone’s economic program under a three-year arrangement under the Extended Credit Facility (ECF) for Sierra Leone.1

His parents are from Sierra Leone, but Francis Tiafoe, 16, is being talked about as the next big American tennis star.  He has won the 18-and-under titles at the top two U.S. junior events, making him the first player to pull that off since John McEnroe in 1976.  Tiafoe just returned from the French Open […]

On the occasion of the United Nations’ World Environment Day, DHL, called its 480,000 employees world wide, for action to participate in activities for the environment and the climate. However, this form of engagement is not a one-time activity: the Group’s Go-Green program was launched in 2009 and encompasses the overall carbon efficiency improvement as […]

The  Rogbonko Village  Retreat  is  an  initiative intended  to  generate  interest   in  rural  Sierra Leone, and to educate visitors and local people alike in the importance of traditional  values. The Retreat is run by and employs local villagers and is an important  source of  revenue for  the community.  Income from  assisting visitors  and selling […]

The recent order by Malawi’s Electoral Commission (MEC) for a manual recount of electoral results following massive voting irregularities was an inadvertent admission that the experiment with electronic voting technology did not turn out well for the country’s recent elections. Like had earlier occurred in Ghana in 2012, where voting was extended by a day, […]

A concert, fashion show, barbecue and silent auction will take place in Surrey this month to help young people in Sierra Leone. The People’s Foundation of Sierra Leone (TPF) will host its biggest fundraising event of the year June 14 at Surrey Christian School’s Secondary Campus Salone Fest, a celebration of youth empowerment in Sierra Leone, […]

Let the games begin. Barring any hitch, the FIFA soccer tournament is certain to start on Thursday. For many South Americans, the games took a long time returning. The continent hosted the World Cup in 1978 and for Brazil in particular, the last game there was as far back as 1950. Running up to the […]

Members of Parliament constituting the Committee on Internal Affairs have reffered the immigration Post at Gbalamuya as “one big international embarrassment” because of the lack of basic immigration equipment to effectively control the country’s gateway.Situated in the Kambia District, north of Sierra Leone, the border crossing point to the neighbouring Guinea, during an oversight visit […]

Port Loko residents including youths over the weekend hailed the Talented Young People Everywhere-Sierra Leone (TYPE-SL), a Non-Governmental Organization with headquarters at 15 Bai Bureh Road, Freetown.  (Photo: TYPE-SL Executive Director, Ibrahim H. K. Shaid) The organization  was established on 6th October, 1998 to enhance youth and community empowerment in that part of the country thereby […]