The Governor of the Central Bank of Sierra Leone has used his statutory powers to intervene in the crisis in the Banking industry. In what is an unprecedented move within the financial sector in Sierra Leone, Central bank Governor Sheku Sambadeen Sesay has swiftly moved to restore calm in the banking industry by appointing Mr […]

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Sierra Leone’s finance minister was in the U.S. last week, speaking with the International Monetary Fund, chatting with students at Harvard and visiting his country’s mission in New York City. But for Kaifala Marah, no visit to the U.S. would be complete without a stop in Albany to see the man he calls “chief,” state Sen. Neil Breslin. […]

An 18-year-old ballerina who was orphaned in war-torn Sierra Leone at the age of three, fulfilled a childhood dream on Wednesday night as she played the lead in Swan Lake at the Lincoln Center. Michaela DePrince took to the stage at the prestigious New York venue and performed an excerpt from the ballet, which saw her embody the evil […]

Kei Kamara evidently has a nice line in light self-deprecation. One evening last year, in the Midwest American city of Kansas City, the footballer took up a microphone to address an audience of locals, and announced, as if it were the Oscars: “It was a pleasure working with George Clooney and Denzel Washington on this […]

President Ernest Bai Koroma on Wednesday finally switched on the first submarine fibre-optic cable linking Sierra Leone to the outside world. Before now, Sierra Leone’s Internet service has been through satellite. This moveis expected to boost the country’s internet and telecommunication sector. Currently the country has 0.8%internet penetration, but with the fibre cable going live […]

Mohamed Harding is a 17-year-old student from Freetown, Sierra Leone, whose passion for electronics lends a whole new meaning to the notion of “do-it-yourself.” Despite growing up in one of the poorest countries in the world, where a decade-long civil war devastated both educational and living standards,

Freetown — President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has on Monday 14th January received the former British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair at State House. There will be a joint press conference today with President Koroma and Mr. Tony Blair at the drawing room, Office of the President, State House, Freetown at 16:00 hours prompt. Mr. […]

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 30 — The UN Security Council on Friday called upon all political parties and candidates in Sierra Leone to accept the results of the Nov. 17 elections and work with the government “in a constructive manner.” A presidential statement, adopted here by the 15-nation UN body, said, “The Security Council calls upon […]

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday congratulated the people of Sierra Leone for the peaceful and orderly elections held yesterday, the first one run entirely by the Government since the end of the West African nation’s brutal civil war 10 years ago. The voter turnout was reportedly high for the four elections – presidential, parliamentary, local […]