VENTURES AFRICA – African diamond exporter, Sierra Leone says it shipped out diamonds worth $102 million in the first half (H1) of the year, a 43 percent rise as compared to the $71 million gained from exports during the same period last year. According to the country’s National Mineral Agency (NMA), the increase – which […]

Over Fifty Civil Society groups from Fourteen (14) districts in the country have condemned the draft government Land Policy for what they described as ‘not favorable’ and ‘Discriminatory’ to women in the country. This condemnation came up at a meeting held at the Makeni City council hall recently.The two-day conference on Land was organized by […]

Minister of Transport and Aviation, Leonard BalogunKoroma, has said that construction of the new airport at Mamamah, Mile 38, will commence soon. The minister was speaking last Wednesday while hosting the outgoing US Ambassador to Sierra Leone Michael Owen. In addition to the airport, there are also plans to begin the construction of a sea […]

My family is from Sierra Leone, but we do have a legend of sorts. I think it’s true, but because of the civil war that happened there, it would be quite difficult to get information from Sierra Leone. “My grandfather’s father was supposedly a half-Scottish, half-Greek man. It’s not clear how or why he came to Sierra […]

Riding the coattails of the largestdiamond company operating in the country, Sierra Leone significantly increased its diamond exports in the first six months of 2013, year-over-year, Mining Weekly reports. The West African nation exported 331,471 carats of rough diamonds worth $102 million between January and June 2013, a full 43% increase in value over the 296,334 carats of […]

The recently released Human Rights report for 2012 of the Human Rights Commission has said in their recommendations, that the Government should repeal the Seditious Libel provisions in the 1965 Public Order Act and also enact the Access to Information bill which was introduced in Parliament two years ago. In the report, it was stated […]

Yesterday Monday around mid-day a minor accident occurred at the headquarters of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) at Campbell Street as part of the ceiling wall collapsed on the Secretary’s desk hitting her on the arm and causing damage to the desktop computer on her desk. Speaking to Angela Kamanda, the SLAJ Secretary, […]

A Sierra Leonean born London base Jazz superstar Collins Pratt [aka De Champ] and his 9 year old son Alexandra Pratt, last Saturday rocked the stage of ‘The Office’ night club  Aberdeen, West Freetown  with a threading performance for a well attended audience both old and young . The live concert which was sponsored by […]

President Ernest Bai Koroma yesterday said that his government is working towards establishing a national youth service. He made this statement when he was officially launching the 1st youth report and giving his keynote address on the commemoration of the international youth day under the theme ‘youth migration; moving development forward’ at the Miatta conference […]

Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, woke up Friday morning 9th August to heartbreaking painful tragedy caused by landslide, precipitated by heavy torrential rain that plagues this West African nation during the rainy season. The nation’s major streets and some houses are flooded by heavy rainfall. Sadly, nothing concrete has been done to arrest this dire […]