That new arrangement at the weekly government press briefing
August 3, 2016 By Alusine Sesay One of the issues that impede good governance in Sierra Leone is the absolute lack of respect for professionalism and competence. Some people are placed in certain...
View ArticleSeaweeds envelope Sierra Leone beaches
August 3, 2016 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara The Atlantic ocean shouts and bellows like an infuriated gorilla beating its chest with every surge of the waves. As the surge of each wave moves towards the...
View ArticleParliament replies CHRDI over Le120bn allegation
August 3, 2016 A press release by the public relation wing of the Sierra Leone Parliament was yesterday sent to media houses in an apparent effort to repudiate allegations by the Chief Executive...
View ArticleSalone final Olympic dele off to Rio
August 3, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Sierra Leone’s second delegation to this year’s Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil, departed the country’s shores onboard Royal Air Maroc early Wednesday. The delegation...
View ArticleFC Emmen confirm Issa Kallon’s loan signing
August 3, 2016 By Sahr Morris Jr. Dutch Eerste Divisie, the second tier league side in the Netherlands, FC Emmen has confirmed the loan signing of FC Utrecht teenager Issa Kallon. The 20-year-old...
View ArticleSLPP chairman rejects NEC boundary delimitation - …says it’s another more...
…says it’s another more time strategy August 3, 2016 By Mohamed Massaquoi in Kenema Chairman of the opposition controlled Kenema District Council has disclosed in an exclusive interview with this...
View ArticleAgriculture Ministry supports women farmers
August 4, 2016 By Memunatu Bangura In a bid to increase agricultural productivity, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security, Prof. Monty Jones, has disbursed a cheque valued Le25 million...
View ArticleAfricell partners with BBC
August 4, 2016 By Hassan Gbassay Koroma With a view to providing accurate regular sports and news updates for their customers in the country, one of the leading telecommunication companies in Sierra...
View ArticleCorroded and dented tin foods are dangerous - …says President Consumer...
…says President Consumer Protection Agency August 4, 2016 By Regina Pratt President of the Consumer Protection Agency, Ibrahim Kabia, has in an interview with Concord Times stated that corroded and...
View ArticleMissing Luggage: Air Maroc, passengers clash
August 4, 2016 By Joseph S. Margai Officials of Royal Air Maroc in Freetown yesterday clashed with aggrieved passengers over missing luggage. The passengers, who were angry that the Moroccan airline...
View ArticlePee Cee & sons deny importing rotten chicken
August 4, 2016 By Ibrahim Jaffa Condeh A senior official in one of the leading companies that import chicken into Sierra Leone, Pee Cee & Sons, has told Concord Times that the company has no link...
View ArticleMurtala Named Among 100 Most Influential Young Africans
August 4, 2016 Africa Youth Awards, the continent’s biggest honour for young achievers, with annual participation from over 140 countries, has announced its inaugural list of 100 Most Influential Young...
View ArticleVB Vejle completes Sheka Fofanah signing
August 5, 2016 By: Sahr Morris Jr in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Denmark first division side, VejleBoldklub, have confirmed the signing of Sierra Leone international striker Sheka Fofanah on a year loan...
View ArticleMayor of Rio welcomes Team Sierra Leone to Games Village
August 5, 2016 By: Sahr Morris Jr in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The Mayor of Rio De Janeiro, Eduardo da Costa Paes, accompanied by other officials on Thursday, 4 August, around 20:00 pm (Brazilian time)...
View ArticleSierra Leone US-based sprinter arrives in Rio
August 5, 2016 By: Sahr Morris Jr. in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Sierra Leone’s America-based sprinter, Hafsatu Kamara, on Wednesday, 3 August landed at the Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro,...
View ArticleTeenager will be Team Sierra Leone flag bearer
August 5, 2016 By: Sahr Morris Jr in Rio de Jenerio Sierra Leone’s 18-year-old swimmer, Bunturabie Jalloh, will be the country’s flag bearer in today’s opening ceremony of the 2016 Rio Olympics Games...
View ArticleDeputy Agriculture Minister: ‘We must plant more trees to regain our lost...
August 5, 2016 By Ibrahim Tarawallie The Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Security has urged Sierra Leoneans to start planting more trees so that the country could regain its lost...
View ArticleSLeCAD advocates duty free on agricultural materials, implement
August 5, 2016 By Hawa Amara In order to encourage private sector investment in the agriculture sector and promote food security, the Sierra Leone Agribusiness Development (SLeCAD) has called on the...
View ArticleSylvia Blyden accuses Moijueh Kaikai of misappropriating US$200m donor funds
August 5, 2016 By Patrick Jaiah Kamara In what many would say is an obvious embarrassment for a fellow party supporter and by extension their party, Minister of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s...
View ArticleDiana Konomanyi told Administrator-General’s office she is a spinster
August 5, 2016 By Regina Pratt Minister Lands and Country Planning, Diana Finda Konomanyi, yesterday testified at the Freetown High Court before Justice Miatta Samba that she had ticked ‘spinster’ on a...
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