SLAA to announce new congress date
December 8, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. Vice president of the Sierra Leone Athletics Association (SLAA), Emeric Cole, has said they will possibly announce a new date for their long overdue elective...
View ArticlePolicy brief for the review and enactment of the Sierra Leone Fisheries...
December 9, 2015 By Ameena Abubakarr (for and on behalf of Green Scenery) Introduction The fisheries sector plays an important role in the national economy as an approximated 150,000 tonnes of fish is...
View ArticleFIFA monitoring SLFA impasse
December 9, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. World football governing body FIFA says it is monitoring the new row that has emerged in the country’s football following the dissolution, by the Sierra Leone...
View ArticleSLAA announce congress date
December 11, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. The Sierra Leone Athletics Association (SLAA) on Thursday announced that the long awaiting elective congress will now be held on Tuesday, 15 December, 2015 at the...
View ArticlePresident Koroma addresses Parliament today
December 11, 2015 By Regina Pratt President Ernest Bai Koroma will today address Parliament at the fourth session of the Fourth Parliament of the Second Republic of Sierra Leone. A guard of honour will...
View ArticleTIMBERGATE TRIAL… - Court orders sale of 199 20ft timber containers
Court orders sale of 199 20ft timber containers December 11, 2015 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara Magistrate Komba Kamanda yesterday ordered the sale of 199 20ft containers of value added timber that was...
View ArticleFlood victims relocated to Kwama complain of deprivation
December 11, 2015 By Victoria Saffa Some 578 flood victims that were relocated to Kwama community in the Six Mile area have raised grave concern about what they say is their deprivation because of the...
View ArticlePolice launch ‘Operation WAIL’ - …to combat crime and lawlessness
…to combat crime and lawlessness December 11, 2015 By Memunatu Bangura In a bid to ensuring peaceful yuletide celebrations, the Sierra Leone Police has introduced operation ‘Working with community...
View ArticleAfDB launches Development Effectiveness Review 2015 on Sierra Leone
December 11, 2015 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma The African Development Bank (AfDB) Wednesday, 9 December launched its Development Effectiveness Review 2015 for Sierra Leone in Freetown. The review provides...
View ArticleSUN holds end of year coordination meeting
December 11, 2015 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma As 2015 draws to an end, the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Secretariat, in the Office of the Vice President, yesterday held their end of year strategic meeting...
View ArticleInternational Human Rights Day Celebrated
December 11, 2015 By Ibrahim Tarawallie The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone Thursday, 10 December, joined the international community to commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of...
View ArticleSierra Leone football crisis deepens
December 11, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. The impasse in Sierra Leone football continues to deepen following a decision by the country’s National Sports Council (NSC) to dissolve the Football Association’s...
View ArticleSwedish trio on talent search in Salone
December 11, 2015 By Sahr Morris Jr. Popular Swedish agent Patrick Mork is accompanied by two prominent scouts on a football scouting mission to identify ‘young generation talents’. Mork, who is no...
View ArticleEITI educates journalists on use of online repository
December 14, 2015 By Alusine Sesay Sierra Leone Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (SLEITI, in collaboration with the Revenue Development Foundation (RDF), last Friday educated the media on...
View ArticleFarayi Mungazi mentors sports journalists
December 14, 2015 By SMorris Jr. Famous BBC Africa Football editor, Farayi Mungazi, has last Friday engaged Sierra Leonean sports journalists on a-day mentorship programme organized by the Sports...
View Article“We must not run away from problems” - …Says President Koroma
…Says President Koroma December 14, 2015 By Jariatu S. Bangura While addressing Parliament last Friday, President Ernest Bai Koroma called on Sierra Leoneans not to run away from problems, as they...
View ArticleLe.225m fine or 45 years in jail - …As bursar and accountant convicted for...
…As bursar and accountant convicted for corruption December 14, 2015 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara The High Court Judge in Kenema, Justice Ernest Gooding, last Thursday (10 December, 2015) sentenced former...
View ArticleSports Council vows to ignore FIFA ultimatum
December 14, 2015 By SMorris Jr. Sierra Leone National Sports Council (NSC) and Sports Ministry have reacted to an FIFA ultimatum to ban the country from all FIFA and CAF competitions by vowing to...
View ArticleAs MPs spar over ‘More Time’ in Parliament: Is President Koroma actually...
December 14, 2015 Author, Mohamed Massaquoi There is no doubting the fact that the controversial third term ambition of some elected office holders, particularly presidents, has taken the centre stage...
View Article‘Sierra Leone deserves quality and quantity education’ - - Says Regina...
- Says Regina Fallah-Hausman, US based educationist December 14, 2015 By Gabriel Benjamin Mrs. Regina Fallah-Hausman, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, A Place to Grow Educational Center There have...
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