[Shabelle]The Sierra Leonean government's effort to put out a brave face of its military involvement in Somalia has run into headwinds following reports that troops are demanding a return home. This follows on the heels of a dispute over the soldiers' pay last year....
[State Department]The Department of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, in conjunction with U.S. Customs and Border Protection is advising the public on several scams involving Kimberley Process Certificates. Legitimate Kimberley Process Certificates are used to control the international trade in rough diamonds....
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[New Democrat]Three men and a young girl died in the Sierra Leone capital, Freetown, after torrential rains on Sunday dislodged a huge boulder which then crashed into a house, doctors said. The young girl was identified as a primary school student who a day earlier had taken the national primary school examination to gain entrance into secondary school later in the year....
[AlertNet]Teenage girls in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown are selling their bodies to buy mobile phones, putting them at increased risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, says a study by Save the Children....
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OBITUARY THE ALL PEOPLES CONGRESS (APC) ANNOUNCES THE DEATH OF HON. WILLIAM JUANA SMITH, FONDLY KNOWN AS APC SMITH: FORMER DISTRICT SECRETARY AND CHAIRMAN KENEMA DISTRICT; FORMER REGIONAL SECRETQRY AND CHAIRMAN EASTERN REGION; FORMER NATIONAL PUBLICITY SECRETARY AND EDITOR FOR WE YONE NEWSPAPER; FORMER EXECUTIVE MEMBER APC YOUTH LEAGUE; NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER […]...
By Sanpha Sesay : Texas Correspondent : As the nation continues to celebrate the independence anniversary, Sierra Leoneans from various organizations at the metropolitan cities of Dallas Fort Worth in Texas came together to celebrate the 53rd independence anniversary in a spectacular style. Sierra Leoneans and friends of Sierra Leone were jam-packed at the […]...
CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMITTEE (CRC)MIATTA CONFERENCE CENTRE, BROOKFIELDS, FREETOWNPRESS RELEASECRC CONCLUDES NATIONWIDE PRE-CONSULTATION TOUR FREETOWN: APRIL 24, 2014 A 4 man team from the Sierra Leone 1991 Constitution Review Committee (CRC) led by the Executive Secretary, Samuel Coker have completed a nationwide pre-consultation visit to 12 districts in Sierra Leone. During the...
By Amadu Femoh Sesay : Information Officer-Cabinet Secretariat – The Secretary to the Cabinet and Head of the Civil Service, Dr. Ernest Sahid Alie Surrur and the Deputy Director of Budget in the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, Tasima Jah were on Friday 2nd May taken on a conducted tour of the […]...
President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma left Freetown yesterday (Sunday, May 4th) for Conakry, Guinea where he participated in the 23rd Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Mano River Union (MRU). PRESIDENT KOROMA ARRIVES IN CONAKRY The Summit, convened under the Chair of Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was convened at a time […]...
By Pa Baimba Sesay : Sierra Leone’s President, Ernest Bai Koroma was elected in 2007 on the platform of change. This change was clearly captured in his first five years Blueprint for National Development, the Agenda for Change (AfC).One prominent feature within this document was the President’s commitment to tackle corruption head-on, in a nation […]...
By COCORIOKO : The unwise removal of forests around the hills of Freetown to build houses , leading to heavy soil erosion, greenhouse effect, flooding and landslides caused another massive disaster yesterday morning during a heavy down pour when a huge boulder got dislodged and rolled and smashed a house, killing five persons. The tragedy […]...
Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Hon. Franklyn Bai Kargbo, on May 2nd 2014, told the United Nations Committee against Torture that Sierra Leone will shortly abolish the death penalty. Addressing a public hearing session of the Committee in Geneva, Mr. Kargbo said that his office has received firm instructions from President Ernest Bai Koroma […]...
OPENING STATEMENT by Hon Franklyn Bai Kargbo, Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Republic of Sierra Leone to the United Nations Human Rights Council Committee on Torture, Geneva, 02 May 2014 Mr. Chairman, Excellences Distinguished members of the Committee, Rapporteurs, human rights defenders, ladies and gentlemen, I bring you greetings from The President, […]...
[Sierra Leone Government]President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma left Freetown this morning (Sunday, May 4th) for Conakry, Guinea where he will participate in the 23rd Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Mano River Union (MRU)....
By Elias Bangura & Abubakarr Kamara : Kasunko Chiefdom Development Foundation (KaCDeF) has been launched over the weekend on 26 April 2014 at Fadugu Town in Koinadugu district, to complement government in the area of development. Kasunko Chiefdom is a part of Constituency 47 and is composed of eight administrative units – Kasunko, Kakelay, […]...
FSSG ABC SCHOOL CLUB INAUGURATED The Attitudinal and Behavioural Change on 25th April inaugurated its ABC School Club members and their executives at the Freetown Secondary School for Girls (FSSG) following the election of the executive members on the 25th march 2014. The formation of the executive and its inauguration came after the school established […]...
By: Umaru S. Jah : April 27th is the most important day in the history of Sierra Leone. It was on this day that Sierra Leone became free after many years of colonial rule. Sierra Leoneans celebrate this day with great zeal every year. It was on this day that we earned complete freedom for the land that […]...
By Alhaji Jalloh : His sudden death was announced to us here in Saudi Arabia just after the Friday Muslim congregational prayers on the 29th April, 2011 – that date is still fresh in my mind. It was a shocking piece of news that fell on the ears of the nation on that day. It […]...