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As the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) Executive continues to strengthen ties with diplomatic missions in the country, the Chinese Embassy in Sierra Leone has offered one Masters Scholarship to the Association as part of their support to the media. This offer was made yesterday Wednesday when the Executive paid a courtesycall on the […]

Do away with the notion that it has to get worse before it gets better. The ugly incidents in the Central African Republic (CAR) defies the adage and makes the African continent like a floating, uncontrolled rig on uncharted waters. Like a seasoned cop would askwho is responsible, the answer here would not be clear […]

Helen Keller International, a Non-Governmental Organisation in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation has officially launched the Six Months Contact Point for Vitamin A Supplement for children under five years, including the new revised child health cards. The ceremony took place at the Hastings Twin-Centre, were visiting officials from Helen Keller International in […]

“It has never happened in the history of Sierra Leone for a mining company to boost education when they are at the exploration stage, but Golden Saint Resources Limited has set the pace.” These were the exact words of the Paramount Chief of Badjia Chiefdom in Bo District, PC Samba B. Hindowa V. https://allafrica.com/stories/201402201558.html

The Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SLIEPA), with support from the European Union, will facilitate the participation of 10 local businesses in the 2014 edition of Ghana Trade Fair Exhibition. The 10 businesses were selected from among 40 businesses that applied for the Ghana Trade Fair scheduled to take place in Accra between […]

African Minerals, the developer and operator of the Tonkolili iron ore mine in Sierra Leone,on Monday, announced the appointment of Ausenco Limited, as the engineer for the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for Phase II.This comes  ahead of its Phase II iron ore production. The expansion, which is expected to produce up to 35Mtpa (million […]

The Country Manager of the World Bank in Sierra Leone, Francis Ato Brown has said that he is impressed and satisfied with the different projects the Bank is implementing with its partners in the country especially those relating to agriculture which he noted is very important for the country’s economy development. The tours were jointly […]

Sierra Leone is at the threshold of being an ICT superpower in Africa as indigenous regaining technicians stream in droves with different kinds of innovations aimed at addressing the myriad of challenges the country faces in its Information, Communication and Technology (ICT) service delivery. https://awoko.org/2014/02/19/sierra-leone-news-23-yr-old-ict-innovator-signs-50-0000-agreement/

There are some things in life that only become relevant when you’re hammered with its importance every day–and then you wonder how anyone can ignore it. Such is the case forDavid Sengeh, a PhD student at MIT who grew up during Sierra Leone’s 11 year-long civil war. Sengeh was there when up to 11,000 people–in […]