AIK confirms Prince Barrie trials
August 7, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. Swedish Allsvenskan club, AIK Solna, Wednesday confirmed that Sierra Leone and FC Kallon youngster Prince Barrie will undergo a-three-months trials with the club. The...
View ArticleSLVA scribe gets All Africa Games appointment
August 7, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. Secretary General of Sierra Leone Volleyball Association (SLVA), Ahmed Khanou, has been appointed technical delegate for 11th All Africa Games men beach volleyball...
View ArticleSalone’s More-than-Soyinka Arises – Mohamed Gibril Sesay!!
August 10, 2015 By OSWALD HANCILE Sociology professor at Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, Dr. Mohamed Gibril Sesay, in his 2015-published book, ‘This Side of Nothingness’ (Publishers:...
View ArticleTokeh to get US$ 78,000 Hospital
August 10, 2015 By Victoria Saffa Tokeh village, west of the Freetown peninsula, within the next three months get a newly constructed medical centre, funded by the Medical Peace Foundation from Korea....
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Ebola restrictions relaxed, the difficult task ahead
August 10, 2015 By Gabriel Benjamin President Ernest Bai Koroma “Extra-ordinary challenges require extra-ordinary measures. The Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) poses an extra-ordinary challenge to our...
View Article250 Ebola survivors get clothing support from Caritas Freetown
August 10, 2015 By Victoria Saffa Caritas Freetown, with support from Healey International Relief Foundation and Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation West Africa, Wednesday, 5 August, 2015 provided clothing...
View ArticleHRC engages MDAs on business and human rights
August 10, 2015 By Ibrahim Tarawallie With support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRC-SL) last Thursday hosted an interactive meeting...
View ArticleKroo Bay residents insist on staying, despite vulnerabilities
August 11, 2015 By Samuel Ben Turay Residents of Kroo Bay are reluctant to be relocated to a safer location despite poor hygiene and safety at one of the biggest slums in Freetown. Each rainy season,...
View ArticleOver poor investigation - Judge slams police investigators
Judge slams police investigators August 11, 2015 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma Justice Alusine Sesay, presiding at the Freetown High Court, has slammed the investigating officer in a matter between the...
View Article‘China will work with Sierra Leone to enhance massive development’ - …Says...
…Says Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister August 11, 2015 By Victoria Saffa Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi has said in Freetown that the Chinese government would work with their Sierra Leonean...
View ArticleMMCT Lecturer murder case… - Brother says deceased was found in a toilet
Brother says deceased was found in a toilet August 11, 2015 Hawa Amara Issa Samura, younger brother of the deceased Marie Samura, who was allegedly murdered by her husband Gibril Fofanah,a lecturer at...
View ArticleOver Police killings - …President Koroma orders OSDs disarmed By Mohamed...
…President Koroma orders OSDs disarmed By Mohamed Massaquoi August 11, 2015 By Mohammed Massaquoi A source from the Ministry of Internal Affairs has told Cord Times that President Ernest Bai Koroma has...
View ArticleSuicide is leading cause of death among young people - …UNFPA executive director
…UNFPA executive director August 12, 2015 The UNFPA executive-director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, says suicide is one of the leading causes of death among young people worldwide. Speaking ahead of...
View ArticleTHE OSWALD HANCILES COLUMN - Freed Mohamed Gibril Sesay…Lights Freedom’s...
Freed Mohamed Gibril Sesay…Lights Freedom’s Flame for Salone August 12, 2015 “…I tell you my heart is rude, my heart feel things about people that my mouth is afraid to say… My mouth is a bully, a...
View ArticleState of Emergency extension - …Charles Margai says it’s Controversial breech...
…Charles Margai says it’s Controversial breech of constitution August 12, 2015 By Alusine Sesay In a strongly worded letter to the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, veteran...
View ArticleMJallby AIF announce Teteh Bangura signing
August 12, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. Swedish Superettan club, MJallby AIF on Tuesday confirmed the signing of former AIK and Sierra Leone International Ibrahim Teteh Bangura on a short term deal. The...
View ArticlePoborsky’ Bangura on target as Kei Kamara reclaims Golden Boot lead
August 12, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leone striker, Mohamed ‘Poborsky’ Bangura continued his goal scoring form on Monday, 10 August, helping AIK secure a 1-0 win over derby rival Djurgården in the...
View ArticlePresident Koroma to meet with SLFA factions
August 12, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. President Ernest Bai Koroma will again meet with all factions in the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) crisis today, Wednesday, 12 August, at State House. The...
View ArticleCall to popularise post-Ebola recovery plan
August 12, 2015 By Alusine Sesay A leading civil society organisation in Sierra Leone, Health Alert, has called on the government to undertake nationwide popularisation of the just launched post- Ebola...
View ArticleFuel scarcity hits Freetown again! - …but Petroleum Agency says 8,000 metric...
…but Petroleum Agency says 8,000 metric tons of petrol expected soon August 12, 2015 By Ibrahim Tarawallie If frenetic scenes and long queues at fuel stations across Freetown were anything to by...
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