Deputy Health Minister attends Immunization confab
February 25, 2016 By Abdul Karim Koroma in Addis Ababa Deputy Minister of Health and Sanitation II, Ms. Madina Rahman is in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia attending the First Ministerial and Stakeholders...
View ArticlePRESS RELEASE - Sierra Leone court upholds land rights for over 70 families:...
Sierra Leone court upholds land rights for over 70 families: Chinese company to return 1,486 acres of land February 29, 2016 Freetown, Sierra Leone, February 25, 2016 — A Chinese company, Orient...
View ArticleWHY JUSTICE COWAN AND THE CRC NEED OUR SUPPORT
March 2, 2016 BY Abu-Bakarr Sheriff CRC Chairman, Justice Edmond Cowan Justice Edmund Cowan has come under a barrage of ad hominem attacks since the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) published the...
View ArticleBarrie sets new national 200meters record
March 3, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jnr. Sierra Leone and Ohio State-based sprinter, Maggie Barrie, has set a new Personal Best (PB) and Sierra Leone national 200 metres record with a time of 23:83 seconds at...
View ArticlePakistani deported for using fake visa
March 9, 2016 By Hawa Amara Zulfiqar Ali Bhatti, a Pakistani, who used forged travelling document to enter Sierra Leone, was Monday deported back to his country by Magistrate Dr. Abubakarr...
View ArticleSierra Leone extractive potentials showcased at EITI global confab
March 9, 2016 By Mohamed Fernando Conteh & Moses A. Kargbo The 7th Global Conference of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) has ended in the Peruvian capital of Lima with the...
View ArticleSalone quartet to officiate CAF Confederations Cup
March 11, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jnr. Sierra Leonean referees have left the shores of Freetown to officiate the CAF Confederation Cup first leg encounter between Kawkab Athlectic Club of Morocco and...
View ArticleLeone Stars may face Malawi in friendly tie
March 14, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jnr. Sierra Leone national team, Leone Stars, may face their Malawian counterparts The Flames in an international friendly encounter on 21 March at the National Stadium in...
View Article‘Africa is no longer an aid dependent continent’ - …Nigeria High Commissioner
…Nigeria High Commissioner March 14, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma As a 16-man medical delegation from the Nigeria Technical Aid Corps (TAC) arrived in Sierra Leone to render assistance to, and boost...
View ArticleCabinet reshuffle or recycle?
March 15, 2016 By Mohamed Massaquoi & Alusine Sesay Palo Conteh: recycled! It has finally pleased President Ernest Bai Koroma to do the long awaited Cabinet reshuffle or recycle, depending on how...
View ArticlePresident Koroma’s Cabinet reshuffle: The winners and losers
March 16, 2016 By Gabriel Benjamin Cabinet reshuffle: faces of big winners Two years to the end of his second and final term as President of Sierra Leone, President Ernest Bai Koroma last Sunday...
View ArticleMoinina Fofana denies violating release conditions, refused bail
March 17, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Former Director of War for the Civil Defense Forces (CDF), James Moinina Fofana, yesterday made his first appearance at the Residual Special Court for Sierra...
View ArticleAs World Bank prepares to launch World Development report… - Country Manager...
Country Manager says cost of mobile phone services too high March 18, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie The World Bank will on Monday (21 March) launch their 2016 World Development report, which focuses on...
View ArticleWomen, Governance and a Presidential Challenge
March 21, 2016 By John Baimba SESAY – CHINA Good governance ensures equal participation of citizens, in the exercise of the state’s powers and responsibilities and in its management of political,...
View ArticleLeone Stars takes on The Flames of Malawi today!
March 22, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leone national team, Leone Stars, will today take on the Flames of Malawi in what is described as a symbolic international friendly encounter at the National...
View ArticleSierra Leone Launches World Development Report
March 23, 2016 By Moses A. Kargbo* Parminder Brar, World Bank Country Manager in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone has launched the World Bank’s World Development Report (WDR) with calls for mobile internet...
View ArticleSierra Leone held by Malawi in friendly
March 23, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leone national team, Leone Stars, had to settle for a 1-1 draw with the Flames of Malawi in a warm-up match ahead of their 2017 African Cup of Nations...
View ArticleFemale lawyer wants abortion included as a right in the new constitution
March 23, 2016 By Ahmed Sahid Nasralla (De Monk) Female Barrister and Solicitor Mariama Dumbuya (Ms) has appealed to her fellow campaigners to continue to push for the passing of the Safe Abortion Act...
View ArticleNgozi Musa sets new Salone 100m national record
March 29, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leonean born and academic atandout, Ngozi Musa, a student at Harvard University, has broken the Sierra Leone national record for women in the 100 meters when...
View Article4.4 megawatts electricity supply for Port Loko, Charlotte - …As Ministry of...
…As Ministry of Energy inspects hydro dams March 29, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai In a bid to boost socio-economic growth among rural people, the Ministry of Energy has begun constructing three hydro dams...
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