Young fundraisers celebrated after they raised £10,000 in nine months to build a new school in Sierra Leone. Students at Falcons School for Boys, an independent school with sites in Richmond and Chiswick, raised the cash for the new school in one of the world’s poorest countries. https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/10763944.Richmond_pupils_make_African_school_a_reality/

FREETOWN (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s Chief Medical Officer and four other people have been acquitted of all charges relating to the disappearance of half a million dollars provided by the GAVI Alliance, a senior government official said. Kisito Daoh was indicted along with 16 others after an internal audit revealed $523,303 unaccounted for from funds […]

London — Changing weather patterns as a result of climate change are making life much harder for farmers in war-ravaged Sierra Leone, a country already battling with poverty, a recent study says. With 70 percent of people depending on farming for a living, erratic rainfall leading to decreasing yields is forcing many to find other […]

The waiting staff at Muzz Buzz in Moorabbin will be turning back the clock a few years and dressing up in school uniforms to raise money for the charity Do It In A Dress, which helps buy school clothes for the African girls in the African nation. In addition, the staff have pledged to donate […]

The Minster of Tourism and Culture, Dr. Bayoku Conteh, has told newsmen that his Ministry does not only create jobs but it contributes greatly to sustainable development growth of the country which he described as everybody’s business.  ‘’I spend time to promote tourism and culture in Sierra Leone because it is my responsibility,’’ the Minister […]

Sierra Leone Telecommunications Company (Sierratel) is up and running again after it fell from grace to grass due to nepotism and politics.The merger of Sierra Leone External Telecommunications (SLET) and Sierra Leone National Telecommunications (SLNTC) which was a merger of convenience to suit the government in 1995, started out as Sierra Leone Telecommunications, a company […]

Chennai: The Tamil Nadu prisons department Wednesday morning shifted to Puzhal prison here 22 of the 35 arrested from the American armed ship, Seaman Guard Ohio, under Sierra Leone’s flag, a prison official said. The ship is owned by a closely held American company AdvanFort.  The sailors were lodged in Palayamkottai Central Jail in Tirunelvelli district, […]

A Memory This Size and Other StoriesThe Caine Prize for African Writing 2013Jacana New InternationalistBOOK REVIEWER: Margaret von Klemperer THIS solid and attractively produced book contains the five short-listed stories for this year’s Caine Prize, four from Nigerian writers and one from Sierra Leone. The winner is Nigeria’s Tope Folarin.  https://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global%5B_id%5D=108385

The International Monetary Fund said on Monday it had approved Sierra Leone for a $96 million (59.5 million pounds), three-year enhanced credit facility to support economic development and poverty reduction in the West African nation. “Sierra Leone has achieved strong macroeconomic gains,” said IMF Deputy Managing Director Min Zhu, citing robust growth, higher iron production, […]

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leone’s government says Russia’s Lukoil has completed its first exploration well off the coast of the West African nation, confirming the presence of “high-quality oil.” In a statement issued late Monday, the government congratulated Lukoil and said a full appraisal of the amount of potential oil would be completed by […]