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DRAPER, UT — (Marketwire) — 12/05/12 — Gold and GemStone Mining Inc. (OTCQB: GGSM), a gold and diamond exploration and development stage mining company focused on Sierra Leone, West Africa, has commented today on the growing economic opportunity within the mining industry of the Country in which it plans for full scale alluvial mining operations […]

Nursing staff at the Penn Hospital in Wolverhampton, West Midlands in the UK have, for the second year running, donated second hand clothing and books to residents of Jaiama Sewafe. Last year, a consignment of clothes, shoes and books were sent to residents for distribution gratis. Grateful residents expressed their thanks and appreciation for the […]

His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has received the leadership of the Sierra Leone’s People Party (SLPP) in audience at State House, Freetown. In his brief welcome address, the newly re-elected Fountain of Honour and indomitable Father of the Nation said that he is welcoming the SLPP in his capacity as President of Sierra Leone […]

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 30 — The UN Security Council on Friday called upon all political parties and candidates in Sierra Leone to accept the results of the Nov. 17 elections and work with the government “in a constructive manner.” A presidential statement, adopted here by the 15-nation UN body, said, “The Security Council calls upon […]

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has the won the presidential election with almost 59% of the votes cast. This results means that no run off is needed because he surpasses the 55% required to be declared the winner. His main opponent, former military ruler Julius Maada Bio, took 38% of the ballots in a […]

Freetown, Sierra Leone – Ernest Bai Koroma generally appeared at ease during his campaign for a second term as the president of Sierra Leone. Even when pushing crowds breached his entourage of bodyguards, the 59-year-old maintained a smile. That confidence proved well-founded. Late Saturday, it was announced Koroma won 58.7 per cent of the vote […]

At the age of 13, a boy living in Sierra Leone created batteries and generators using materials he picked up around the house or from trash bins. Now, he’s wowing experts in the U.S. Kelvin Doe, now 16, became the youngest person in history to be invited to the “Visiting Practitioner’s Program” at MIT, according […]

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leoneans chose Saturday between keeping an incumbent president who has expanded health care and paved roads or electing an opposition candidate to lead this war-scarred nation still recovering a decade later despite its mineral riches. The election marked the third presidential vote since the West African nation’s 11-year conflict ended […]

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday congratulated the people of Sierra Leone for the peaceful and orderly elections held yesterday, the first one run entirely by the Government since the end of the West African nation’s brutal civil war 10 years ago. The voter turnout was reportedly high for the four elections – presidential, parliamentary, local […]

Electoral officials tallied votes from general elections seen as a key test of the west African nation’s post-war recovery as it looks towards greater development thanks to a mining boom. After a peaceful day of voting in the presidential, parliamentary and local elections on Saturday, locals crowded around crackling radios releasing unofficial results from individual […]