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A team from the Nigeria Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), led by Boboye Oyeyemi is currently in Sierra Leone on a week-long visit to assess the road safety situation in the country. In a briefing with the Vice President at his office in Freetown yesterday, the Executive Director Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA) Dr […]

The Supreme Court of Sierra Leone held its first sitting on Wednesday to hear the much-anticipated petition challenging the 2012 presidential election results. The petition was filed by the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) in November last year, just days after incumbent president Ernest Bai Koroma was declared winner with 59 per cent of […]

Health, education sectors in Sierra Leone – ECOWAS has announced plans to deploy 40 volunteers to Sierra Leone to support the country’s health and education sectors, according to a statement issued here Monday by the West African regional bloc. It said ‘To this end, a delegation of the ECOWAS Volunteers Programme (EVP) Regional Office, led […]

An 18-year-old ballerina who was orphaned in war-torn Sierra Leone at the age of three, fulfilled a childhood dream on Wednesday night as she played the lead in Swan Lake at the Lincoln Center. Michaela DePrince took to the stage at the prestigious New York venue and performed an excerpt from the ballet, which saw her embody the evil […]

  FREETOWN (Reuters) – Irishman Johnny McKinstry has been appointed as the coach of Sierra Leone on a short-term contract until the end of their World Cup qualifiers in September. McKinstry has been working in the west African country for the last two years forCraig Bellamy Foundation, which runs an academy and a league for youth teams. Sierra Leone FA said […]

Today the Sierra Leone National Carrier (SLNC) is expected to be launched at the Miatta Conference Hall by President Ernest Bai Koroma.In a Press Briefing yesterday, the General Manager of the SLNC at their Head Office at Aberdeen in Freetown, Rulle Bamie Turay said that the official launch of the company’s project will take place […]

On the 3rd  of April, 2013, the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, H.E. Ernest Bai Koroma, issued a stern warning to ‘investors’ that would be granted land  leases  by government  to spawn some marketable investment – from tourism to mining – but, would fail to utilize such lands for legally agreed purposes; he […]

Nigeria’s biggest carrier, Arik Air is providing technical support to the government of Sierra Leone to establish a national carrier, known as Leone Airways. The new airline, which may start operation in June this year will have all the appurtenances of a national airline and will be operating international, regional and local destinations as it […]

An unknown Irishman Jonathan Mckinstry has been installed as caretaker coach of Sierra Leone. He replaces Sweden’s Lars Olof Mattsson who resigned a few weeks ago. Mckinstry’s appointment came after a meeting between the Sierra Leone FA and officials from the sports ministry. The Irishman – who has no previous coaching experience in Africa – […]

A giant cement factory is expected to start operation in Sierra Leone in the next few months. Using sophisticated modern machinery, the coming factory, CT-CEM, will be producing 250,000 metric tons of modern standard cement per annum to meet the demands of Sierra Leoneans. This was recently revealed by the factory’s General Manager, Oliver Albrecht, […]