Sankoh apology accepted by female journalist
June 9, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr Sierra Leonean female sports journalist, Francess Bernard, who was said to have been assaulted and publicly insulted by Sierra Leone international midfielder Alfred...
View ArticleFreetown Water Crisis – We may have survived it this year
June 13, 2016 By Joseph Macarthy (PhD) The recent water crisis in Freetown was beyond everyone’s expectation. From March to nearly the end of May this year, access to safe drinking water in Freetown...
View ArticleForeign Affairs Minister Dr Samura Kamara arrives in China - …on invitation...
…on invitation of Chinese counterpart June 14, 2016 By John Baimba Sesay in Beijing, China Sierra Leone’s Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Dr. Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara,...
View ArticleAfrica Prosperity Report: Salone ranked 25th
June 15, 2016 By Abu-bakarr Sheriff Sierra Leone was ranked 25th out of 38 African countries in the 2016 Africa Prosperity Report, launchedby the Legatum Institute on 1 June. However, it was...
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Power Woman Asmaa to attend the 2016 Mandela Washington Fellowship for young...
June 16, 2016 By Ahmed Sahid Nasralla (De Monk) Asmaa poses with a portrait image of President Obama at the US Embassy in Sierra Leone Radio Democracy 98.1 FM Station Manager, Asmaa James, is among...
View ArticleTony Elumelu foundation releases documentary on Transforming Africa
June 16, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma The Tony Elumelu US$100 million Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme (TEEP), on Tuesday, 14 June released its first groundbreaking documentary that would be...
View ArticlePeacebuilding Commission visits Sierra Leone
June 16, 2016 The Permanent Representative of Kenya to the United Nations and Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), Ambassador Macharia Kamau, and the Permanent Representative of Canada and...
View ArticleNew FAO Rep presents credentials
June 27, 2016 The newly appointed representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAOR) to Sierra Leone, Madam Nyabenyi Tito Tipo on Thursday, 23 June, 2016 presented her...
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THE ABDUCTION OF SIERRA LEONE’S DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER TO NIGERIA
July 5, 2016 BY ABDUL KARIM KOROMA ESQ. in GENEVA The abduction of Sierra Leone’s Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Rtd. Major General Nelson Williams has raised serious questions about the...
View ArticleActivists plead for ICC support ahead of African summit
July 8, 2016 Activists from across Africa have launched a campaign to pressurise the African Union member states to change their stance on withdrawing from the International Criminal Court (ICC). This...
View ArticleFor Crying out Loud, Let’s Collectively Change The Script
July 11, 2016 By: Raymond Dele Awoonor-Gordon awogordon@yahoo.co.uk You know something? It appears that we are in for a ride again as the clock ticks towards the next election.Why? Because, too many of...
View ArticleNo landing, no pirates: Port State Measures Agreement can sink illegal...
Port states join to crack down on illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing July 11, 2016 By José Graziano da Silva Last year, roughly one of every six fish sold around the world was caught...
View ArticleIn China: KKY co-chairs South – South Co-operation Taskforce
July 12, 2016 By N’Karimu Kamara Following his engagements with US Law makers, Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) flag-bearer aspirant, Dr Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella (KKY) departed for Beijing, China, for a...
View ArticleSalone Olympic delegation briefed on Zika virus
July 13, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leone’s Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games delegations were on Tuesday briefed about the deadly Zika virus in Brazil, just three weeks before the commencement...
View ArticleAmbassador Alimamy P. Koroma assures of favorable investment climate in...
July 14, 2016 By John Baimba Sesay in Beijing, China Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to China has assured of his continued efforts in seeking good Chinese investments and encouraging credible investors to...
View ArticleGovt. denies paying ransom to kidnap gang - …but report in Nigeria says...
…but report in Nigeria says otherwise July 15, 2016 By Alusine Sesay Leader of the gang who abducted Sierra Leone’s Deputy High Commissioner to Nigeria, Alhaji Rabiu Yusuf, Tuesday told reporters that...
View ArticleAustralia Scholarship Scheme strictly apolitical - …says SLAAA President
…says SLAAA President July 15, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai President of the Sierra Leone-Australia Alumni Association (SLAAA), Usman Conteh, has disclosed that the Australia Scholarship Scheme was...
View ArticlePreventing crimes and suffering through justice
July 19, 2016 By Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi* Inside the courtrooms of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and in local communities, we are hearing the voices of those who have survived some...
View ArticleEnergy sector gets US$138m boost from World Bank
July 19, 2016 By Alusine Sesay The World Bank has approved a whooping sum of US$138 million to support the development of a 57megawatt heavy fuel oil green-field thermal power plant to boost...
View ArticleTHE ONE THAT FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST!!
July 21, 2016 By: Winstanley R. Bankole-Johnson We have this typical Sierra Leonean mentality of deliberately refusing to quantify the financial impacts of various government operations so as to guide...
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