In December 2012, Sierra Leone was one of a group of selected lower income countries that became eligible for the Millennium Challenge Corporation [MCC] ‘Compact’ grant funding after passing 12 out of 20 benchmark indicators in the area of Ruling justly, investing in Citizens and Economic freedom. https://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/59168

President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday 17th July decorated President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan of the Federal Republic of Nigeria with the Grand Patron of the West African Insurance Institution as Alumnus. The award was in recognition of Nigeria’s support to the Institute and the current administration’s leadership role in the sub-region. https://allafrica.com/stories/201307181523.html  

Supported by the expanding mining and extractive sector, real GDP growth (including iron ore) leapt from 6% in 2011 to 16.7% in 2012 but is projected to slow down to a more sustainable rate of 7.2 % in 2013. It is projected to rise to 12.1% in 2014 mainly on account of the expected commencement […]

Sierra Leone Premier League Champions Diamond Stars have moved three points clear at the top of the league table following their 0-1 away win over Old Edwardians at the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) Academy ground, Kingtom on Sunday. The win saw Diamond Stars register their third victory in four matches with 10 points. https://allafrica.com/stories/201307161509.html

Ruby Johnson is not your typical beauty pageant Queen. Just over a month after her trip to Sierra Leone to mark the country’s 52nd Independence Anniversary   , Miss Sierra Leone USA Ruby Johnson is back in Freetown to undertake a hard-hat internship with Octea Mining (formerly Koidu Holdings Ltd.). https://www.thepatrioticvanguard.com/spip.php?article7237  

A Sierra Leonean Colonel, Michael M. Samura, on Friday 12th July 2013 joined dozens of other colleagues from different countries around the world as he graduated from the College of Defence Studies, National Defence University of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army with both an Advanced Diploma in Defence and Strategic Studies and Master’s in Defence […]

On Saturday 13th July, as part of their intervention in the area of addressing teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, domestic and sexual violence on women in the country, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

The House of Parliament has ratified a-USD 16, 000, 000 (16 million United States Dollar) World Bank grant for the improvement of electricity infrastructure in the east end of Freetown. The Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Momodu Kargbo, prior to the approval of the grant yesterday, said it is geared towards the sustenance […]

Local communities in Sierra Leone are being encouraged to rate their clinics and demand more from their healthcare services in a bid to cut the country’s high maternal mortality rates. The riskiest thing a woman can do in Sierra Leone is get pregnant; one in every 21 women is at risk of death in child birth. Maternal death rates […]

The National Security Coordinator (NSCOORD), Retired Brigadier Mustapha M.K. Dumbuya has said that gender equality within the security sector is a high priority for the security sector and therefore called on Women in Security Sector-Sierra Leone (WISS-SL) to capacitate and position themselves, in order to occupy strategic positions in the sector.  https://awoko.org/2013/07/10/sierra-leone-gender-equality-in-ssr-is-a-priority-ons-coordinator/