An unknown Irishman Jonathan Mckinstry has been installed as caretaker coach of Sierra Leone. He replaces Sweden’s Lars Olof Mattsson who resigned a few weeks ago. Mckinstry’s appointment came after a meeting between the Sierra Leone FA and officials from the sports ministry. The Irishman – who has no previous coaching experience in Africa – […]

A giant cement factory is expected to start operation in Sierra Leone in the next few months. Using sophisticated modern machinery, the coming factory, CT-CEM, will be producing 250,000 metric tons of modern standard cement per annum to meet the demands of Sierra Leoneans. This was recently revealed by the factory’s General Manager, Oliver Albrecht, […]

I watched SLBC TV on Tuesday, 9th April and heard the Lands Minister, Hon. Musa Tarawallie talk about plans by government to transform Lungi into Sierra Leone’s commercial city. This is encouraging news, given its strategic location especially from the viewpoint of trade. Sierra Leone’s development growth has been reflective in a range of areas. […]

(Reuters) – Iron ore miner African Minerals Ltd said it expected a surge in output this year as it continued to ramp up production at its flagship Tonkolili mine in Sierra Leone.

With funds from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), Society for Knowledge Management-Sierra Leone (SKMSL) has successfully trained data enumerators in Freetown to embark on a knowledge exchange survey of civil society organizations in Magburaka, in the Tonkolili District, and in Freetown which have been identified to donors as pilot places. As trainer […]

President of Affinity Telecom Worldwide, Anthony Melhem, has revealed that Sierra Leone will soon benefit from free internet facility that will be serving the capital city Freetown, and the provincial cities of Bo, Kenema. and Makeni. The country, he said, will benefit from the facility through Affinity Telecom Worldwide which  will be launched in Freetown […]

The African Union Mission in Somalia has welcomed members of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) who have joined AMISOM. An advance team from the Sierra Leonean contingent arrived today in Somalia. The battalion-strong contingent will be deploying shortly into southern Somalia where they will operate alongside the Kenyan contingent. The Sierra Leonean […]

Our immediate impressions of Tiwai Island, a wildlife sanctuary/research facility and community-led conservation initiative in Sierra Leone’s southeast, weren’t the best: Here we found ourselves on a hot, buggy tropical island in the isolated Moa River, with two very quiet nights ahead. The common area for guests, a large domed, open-sided solar-powered hut in the middle […]

A little over a decade ago, Sierra Leone was in the grip of a brutal civil war that tore the country apart. Today, the economy is on the mend and it’s moving forward with reconciliation and reconstruction. Host Michel Martin speaks to Sierra Leone’s president Ernest Bai Koroma to find out more about his challenges […]

The International Military Training and Advisory Team Sierra Leone (IMATT) formally ends its mission in Sierra Leone on 31 March, 2013.  Its successor, the International Security Advisory Team Sierra Leone (ISAT) formally begins its mission on 1 April, 2013. IMATT has provided training, support and advice to the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) […]