At the ECOWAS-TICAD Meeting

President Ernest Bai Koroma on Friday 10th January called on the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe to strengthen the partnership with Africa to support and accelerate the African common position on the reform of the United Nations Security Council. He made this statement during the ECOWAS meeting at the Sofitel Conference in Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire. […]

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Sierra Leone government poised to take over Comium Read more: https://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/network-wifi/3496921/sierra-leone-government-poised-to-take-over-comium/#ixzz2qNKzmxKn

The government of Sierra Leone has issued an ultimatum to Comium, which has been plagued by debt, a strike and criticism from subscribers about network problems. Read more: https://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/network-wifi/3496921/sierra-leone-government-poised-to-take-over-comium/#ixzz2qNLv9S00

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Chinese, Italian Ambassadors Present Credentials

President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Thursday 9th January received the credentials of the New Chinese Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Zhao Yanbo and the Italian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Alfonso Di Riso at the Credentials Hall, State House, Freetown. Receiving the Chinese Ambassador on the one hand, President Koroma described the People’s Republic as a […]

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Zingalay Wins Player of the Year Award

Sierra Leonean international and Dinamo Minsk defender Umaru ’Zingalay’ Bangura (photo) has been voted the sierraleonefootball.com player of the year 2013 by viewers of the website. The announcement was made during  a live radio sports programme aired worldwide by sierraleonefootball.com on Sunday, a day after the voting ended. https://www.thepatrioticvanguard.com/spip.php?article7589

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Motorbikes to help Sierra Leone medical team

World Vision has donated motorbikes and bicycles to help promote health for pregnant women in Sierra Leone. The charity bestowed Bo District Medical Health Team with 14 motorcycles and eight push bikes to help staff reach people living in remote parts of the country. Officials also donated Baby Friendly Park to expectant mothers in the […]

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Africalink Partner Stations

DW’s English for Africa Service has partner stations in Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Uganda and Zambia. https://www.dw.de/africalink-partner-stations/a-17353927

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Sula Iron & Gold completes initial field work

Sula Iron & Gold, a multi-commodity exploration company focussed on Sierra Leone, has completed a detailed ground magnetometer and geochemical soil survey over several of its gold targets at its wholly owned 153 km2 Ferensola Project. The Project, which is prospective for both iron and gold is located within the northern sector of the Sula-Kangari […]

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Sierra Leone’s Fight for Gender Equality

From 1991 to 2002 civil war consumed Sierra Leone, killing more than 50,000 people. While the story of the war has been told in various forms (most notably the Hollywood movie Blood Diamond), far less attention has focused on the country’s attempts to step out from behind the specter of violenc   But in this short […]

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Sierra Rutile gives Q4 operational update, 2014 guidance

Sierra Rutile Limited has provided an operational update on the fourth quarter of 2013: – Record full-year 2013 rutile production of 120,349 tonnes, a 27% increase on 2012 production. – Full-year ilmenite production of 32,349 tonnes, a 47% increase on 2012 production. – Production for Q4 was in line with budget: Rutile production of 36,059 […]

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Ishmael Beah, from boy solider to novelist

NEW YORK – At 33, Ishmael Beah has a radiant smile and laughs easily and often. That’s especially striking if you’ve read his 2007 best-selling memoir, A Long Way Gone, about being forced into becoming a “boy soldier” in Sierra Leone’s vicious civil war 20 years ago https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/books/2014/01/08/radiance-of-tomorrow-by-ishmael-beah/4360475/

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