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A cry, unlike anything I had heard before, rang out as we stepped into the intensive care ward of Sierra Leone’s only children’s hospital.  It came from a woman in the corner of the room, and I understood what it meant.  Her frail little toddler, lying on the bed beside her, had just died. https://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2013/12/from-sajidjavid-uk-aid-is-securing-a-brighter-future-for-the-worlds-children-%E2%80%A8.html […]

In a demonstration of their commitment to the welfare of their workforce, Dawnus signed a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the United Mine workers’ Union of Sierra Leone on Wednesday 18 December 2013. The Collective Bargaining Agreement is born out of the Mine workers’ Gazette which outlines the rights and responsibilities of mining companies and their […]

Information and Communications Minister On Thursday 12th December, 2013 Officially Launched the Sierra Wifi Internet Services At the Company’s Headquarters On Wilkinson Road in Freetown. Hon. Alhaji Alpha Bakarr Kanu said that Information Communications Technology (ICT) is a core part in the development of any country, but especially in Africa. He went on to illuminate […]

Super Falcons coach, Edwin Okon will submit a 30-man list to the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) technical committee for the two-legged African Women Championship (AWC) qualifying match against Sierra Leone. https://www.supersport.com/football/nigeria/news/131222/Okon_invites_30_for_Leone_Queens

The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors last Wednesday approved a US$40 million credit from the International Development Association (IDA) to help Sierra Leone reduce poverty and expand economic growth by establishing a strong national electricity distribution utility with better technical performance, financial viability, and improved electricity delivery to the country’s 6 million residents. https://www.thepatrioticvanguard.com/spip.php?article7555

DHL has awarded  Le11m worth of Scholarship to a Senior Secondary School pupil of the Sierra Leone Grammar School.This was done through its Upstairs programme, which is meant to provide financial support to the children and families of the company’s employees for the pursuance of better education. Handing over the award, the Managing Director of […]

The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) yesterday commenced the second set of its two-day (18th and 19th December 2013) trainings on the criminal libel law and its applications for journalists in Makeni. The training, which was made possible by a grant from the Freetown Embassy of the United States of America, is set to […]

The Deputy Vice President of West Africa in the Department of Compact Operations in the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Jonathan Blooms, has commended the stride of the Sierra Leone Government to have qualified for the compact development, even though they could not be voted on to qualify for the grant now. According to the Dpt. Vice […]

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Madam Hanna Serwah Tetteh has said there are increasing business opportunities within the ECOWAS Sub Region which must be tapped for the benefits of the people. She made that assertion when Ghana and Sierra Leone signed a co-operation agreement in Accra to strengthen closer relationships. Madam Tetteh […]

In March 2013, the British-led military assistance and training mission in Sierra Leone drew to a close, after more than a decade at the centre of efforts to reform the country’s armed forces following its protracted civil war. The transition of the mission to the smaller but more broadly focused International Security Advisory Team has […]