The Sierra Leone Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (SLANGO) has received a computer laptop and laser-jet printer from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) as logistic support to the organization’s finance department.The donation is geared towards facilitating administrative activities at SLANGO, especially its effort to promote the agenda of both local and international NGOs registered in the […]

An ex-paratrooper says he is confident he can beat a world record at Sunday’s London Marathon – by running with a 40lb (18kg) pack in 3 hours 20 minutes. Mike Ellicock was blown up on a special forces operation to save UK hostages in Sierra Leone, only surviving because he was wearing body armour. The […]

Amara Denis Turay, aka  Kao Denero, has commended the Government  and the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) force for lifting the ban on his proposed concert. The rapper thanked the Government for reversing their decision earlier which prevented his stadium concert scheduled for April 6th. It could be recalled that the Sierra Leone Police issued a […]

A team from the Nigeria Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), led by Boboye Oyeyemi is currently in Sierra Leone on a week-long visit to assess the road safety situation in the country. In a briefing with the Vice President at his office in Freetown yesterday, the Executive Director Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA) Dr […]

The Supreme Court of Sierra Leone held its first sitting on Wednesday to hear the much-anticipated petition challenging the 2012 presidential election results. The petition was filed by the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) in November last year, just days after incumbent president Ernest Bai Koroma was declared winner with 59 per cent of […]

Health, education sectors in Sierra Leone – ECOWAS has announced plans to deploy 40 volunteers to Sierra Leone to support the country’s health and education sectors, according to a statement issued here Monday by the West African regional bloc. It said ‘To this end, a delegation of the ECOWAS Volunteers Programme (EVP) Regional Office, led […]

  FREETOWN (Reuters) – Irishman Johnny McKinstry has been appointed as the coach of Sierra Leone on a short-term contract until the end of their World Cup qualifiers in September. McKinstry has been working in the west African country for the last two years forCraig Bellamy Foundation, which runs an academy and a league for youth teams. Sierra Leone FA said […]

Today the Sierra Leone National Carrier (SLNC) is expected to be launched at the Miatta Conference Hall by President Ernest Bai Koroma.In a Press Briefing yesterday, the General Manager of the SLNC at their Head Office at Aberdeen in Freetown, Rulle Bamie Turay said that the official launch of the company’s project will take place […]

On the 3rd  of April, 2013, the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, H.E. Ernest Bai Koroma, issued a stern warning to ‘investors’ that would be granted land  leases  by government  to spawn some marketable investment – from tourism to mining – but, would fail to utilize such lands for legally agreed purposes; he […]

Nigeria’s biggest carrier, Arik Air is providing technical support to the government of Sierra Leone to establish a national carrier, known as Leone Airways. The new airline, which may start operation in June this year will have all the appurtenances of a national airline and will be operating international, regional and local destinations as it […]