Top Salone diplomat tells EU to deepen world peace
June 18, 2015 By Regina Pratt Sierra Leone’s High commissioner to the United Kingdom, H.E. Edward Turay, has urged the European Union to do more to deepen world peace. The top Sierra Leonean diplomat...
View ArticleCRSG commended for Kissy, Fourah Bay Roads work
June 19, 2015 By Ibrahim Tarawallie China Railway Seventh Group (CRSG) has received praise and commendations from inhabitants of Kissy Road and Fourah Bay Road following the commencement of serious...
View Article4,000 youth to get skills training
June 19, 2015 By Victoria Saffa In a bid to create more job opportunities for youth in the country, Human Settlement Programme, through United Nations Habitat, has designed training opportunity for...
View ArticleSierra Leone defender complains club to FA
By Sahr Morris Jr. June 19, 2015 Sierra Leone and Mbabane Highlanders defender, Baimba Kamara, has dragged his club to the National Football Association of Swaziland (NFAS) in respect of an ongoing...
View ArticleNaturalised athlete to make Holland debut
By Sahr Morris Jr. June 19, 2015 Sierra Leonean-born sprinter, Solomon Bockarie, will this weekend make his debut for the Dutch national athletics team at the European Championship in Greece. The...
View ArticleLands Ministry engages slum communities on environmental security
June 19, 2015 By Alusine Sesay Ministry of Lands, Country Planning and the Environment yesterday engaged three local council wards east of Freetown on land management, planning and environmental...
View ArticleParliament ratifies airport security agreement
June 19, 2015 By Jariatu S. Bangura In order to reduce crime, malicious harm and other threats to passengers, staff and aircraft at the country’s sole international airport, Parliament yesterday...
View ArticleWest African journalists form network to protect children
June 19, 2015 By Abibatu Kamara in Lome, Togo Some 15 journalists from ECOWAS member countries have formed a network to act together to protect children and give them access to the media to express...
View ArticleMRCG engages FBC on curriculum review
June 19, 2015 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma The Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG), with the consultancy provided by Professor Ritchard M’Bayo and funds from the United Nations Development Programme...
View ArticleACC boss calls on media to re-engineer corruption narrative
June 19, 2015 Head of Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has called on the local media to “re-energise the fight against corruption in the country”. Speaking at a one-day workshop...
View ArticleHRC schools commissioners on the use of social media
June 19, 2015 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) yesterday trained its commissioners on the effective use of social media to promote human rights education and...
View ArticlePedro da çintra did not name Sierra Leone: An Exploration into available...
June 22, 2015 By Prof. C. Magbaily Fyle There has been a huge misconception about the source of the name ‘Sierra Leone’. Everyone who claimed authority on Sierra Leone history had without question...
View ArticleAmbassador Golley signs agreement for construction of medical centre in Salone
June 22, 2015 Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, His Excellency Omrie Michael Golley, last Thursday June 18 signed an accord with a Korean charity – the Medical Peace Foundation – for...
View ArticleABC, SLRTC orientate drivers on positive attitude
June 22, 2015 By Alusine Sesay The Attitudinal and Behavioural Change (ABC) Secretariat, in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation (SLRTC), on Friday June 19 sensitised over 100...
View ArticleCARL calls for major reforms in justice system
June 22, 2015 By Victoria Saffa Centre for Accountability and the Rule of Law (CARL) and justice partners across the country have called on the government of Sierra Leone to spearhead major reforms in...
View ArticleStakeholders validate UPR report
June 22, 2015 By Ibrahim Tarawallie Stakeholders last Friday, 19 June validated the cycle two Universal Periodic Review (UPR) report on the state of human rights in Sierra Leone at the Bank Complex,...
View ArticleAt Court Martial: - Defence tenders ‘expert evidence’
Defence tenders ‘expert evidence’ June 22, 2015 By Alusine Sesay Forensic expert, Detective Sergeant Joseph Abubakarr Sanu attached to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) headquarters in...
View ArticlePoor sanitation at Wilberforce Barracks - …awful toilet facilities
…awful toilet facilities June 22, 2015 By Mohamed Massaquoi Wilberforce Military Barracks, one of the oldest and biggest military barracks in Sierra Leone, is faced with serious sanitation challenges...
View Article6 police officers police over 10,000 Bonthe inhabitants
June 22, 2015 By Ibrahim Jaffa Condeh from Bonthe Bonthe Island and its environs can only boast of 6 police officers to maintain law and order and provide any semblance of peace and quiet for a little...
View ArticleKroo Bay residents panic over rainstorm
June 22, 2015 By Samuel Ben Turay Residents of Kroo Bay are gripped by panic as to what could be their fate during the raining season which has been ushered in by heavy rainstorms. The slum community...
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