Kansas City, MO – infoZine – Sporting Kansas City forwards Kei Kamara and Soony Saad were selected by their respective National Teams for upcoming international matches, the club announced on Friday. Kamara will join Sierra Leone from June 2-17 for FIFA World Cup Qualifiers versus Tunisia and Cape Verde Islands, while Saad will join the […]

Cape Lambert Resources has been granted an Environmental License for its flagship Marampa iron ore project in Sierra Leone.Importantly, the licence enables the company to apply for a Mining Licence over the project, a process which is expected to take about three months. This will significantly de-risk the Marampa project and clear the way for […]

The Social Development Department of the World Bank, in collaboration with the Government of Sierra Leone through the National Youth Commission, has revealed a study entitled: Justice or Inclusion: understanding the drivers of youth violence in Sierra Leone”.The study, which started last year, proffered several recommendations geared towards curbing the spate of violence in the […]

A COUPLE from York have moved to Sierra Leone to help provide vital care for women giving birth. Andrea and Paul Robinson, both 55 and from Dringhouses, are heading up an American organisation in Bo, the country’s second city. The west African country has one of the world’s highest infant mortality rates and many women die […]

A college tutor from North Ockendon is to pound the streets of Sierra Leone in aid of Streetchild. Father-of-two Daniel Raffo, who works as a sports BTEC teacher at Nescot in Epsom, Surrey, will run a marathon on May 26 in memory of childhood friend, Lance Corporal Nicky Mason. Read more:  https://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/Essex-teacher-run-Sierra-Leone-marathon-memory/story-18972117-detail/story.html#ixzz2TGTf03xh 

Sierra Leone and China have signed an agreement to implement multiple projects worth over $6 billion mainly in the mining and industrial sectors of the post-conflict nation. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Sierra Leone`s Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources and the head of the China Kingho Energy Group Company. The Chinese company […]

London Mining (LON:LOND) produced record amounts of iron ore from its Marampa mine in Sierra Leone in the past three months as its ramp-up gathered momentum. Output totalled 706,000 wet metric tonnes (wmt) in the three months to March, a 29% increase on the previous three months while sales rose 52% to 589,000 wmt. Average daily […]

Delegates from across West Africa, including the Minister of State, Foreign Affairs, of the Federal Republic of Nigeria are set to commence a two-day Summit of the Knights of St. John International at the St. Anthony’s Hall in Freetown this morning.This is the first time that the ancient and noble Order of the Knighthood in […]

A sports tutor from North East Surrey College of Technology (Nescot) will run a marathon through Sierra Leone this month to raise money for a children’s charity and in memory of his friend. Daniel Raffo, 33, is running on May 26, in aid of Street Child, which works to build schools, train teachers and work […]

CNN Films’ “Girl Rising” documents extraordinary girls and the power of education to change the world. Watch June 16 on CNN. (CNN) — Sara lives in Sierra Leone and just wants to go to school. She left her village and her family to live with an aunt who is a teacher. Sara’s aunt supported her education and […]