The Chairman, FCT Football Association, Musa Talle, on Monday boasted that no African country could stop the Falconets from qualifying for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women World Cup. The Nigerian ladies will meet South Africa in the first leg of the final round of African qualifiers on Saturday in Abuja. https://premiumtimesng.com/sports/152768-african-country-can-stop-falconets-world-cup-qualification-fa-chairman.html
SALT LAKE CITY — After traveling back to his home country of Sierra Leone in December, Fas Lebbie recalls children curiously approaching a growing crowd in the street of Freetown. The Southern Utah University student said he stood in the center of the crowd, assisting a young boy as he stepped gingerly on a skateboard […]
At 9am on New Year’s day I started 2014 with a live broadcast from the promenade in Freetown. As far as I could see along the beach young boys were playing football. Game after game in either direction along the coast. The ocean was disregarded as a sideline, the ball was kicked in and out […]
The daughter of a Sierra Leone market woman, Zainab Hawa Bangura became known for documenting sexual violence against women and speaking out against the atrocities and corruption during that nation’s decade-long civil war. She also became a target for assassination attempts, but in 1996 Sierra Leone held its first democratic election in 25 years, with […]
H. E. Mr. Zhao Yanbo, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Sierra Leone, arrived in Freetown on Dec 31, 2013, and was warmly received by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Republic of Sierra Leone https://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/64293
FREETOWN — Sierra Leone’s National Power Authority [NPA], which is responsible for providing the country with power, has deployed a new device that can detect faulty underground cables. The hope is to help provide electricity around-the-clock through the use of this equipment. It will have a great impact on Sierra Leoneons, who face blackouts on a […]
Editor’s note: This is the first part of a two-part story. The second portion will run in the Jan. 2 edition of The Cabinet. SIERRA LEONE, West Africa – When I completed my Peace Corps assignment in Sierra Leone, West Africa, more than 25 years ago, a war there was unimaginable. – See more at: […]
A cry, unlike anything I had heard before, rang out as we stepped into the intensive care ward of Sierra Leone’s only children’s hospital. It came from a woman in the corner of the room, and I understood what it meant. Her frail little toddler, lying on the bed beside her, had just died. https://www.conservativehome.com/platform/2013/12/from-sajidjavid-uk-aid-is-securing-a-brighter-future-for-the-worlds-children-%E2%80%A8.html […]
In a demonstration of their commitment to the welfare of their workforce, Dawnus signed a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the United Mine workers’ Union of Sierra Leone on Wednesday 18 December 2013. The Collective Bargaining Agreement is born out of the Mine workers’ Gazette which outlines the rights and responsibilities of mining companies and their […]
Information and Communications Minister On Thursday 12th December, 2013 Officially Launched the Sierra Wifi Internet Services At the Company’s Headquarters On Wilkinson Road in Freetown. Hon. Alhaji Alpha Bakarr Kanu said that Information Communications Technology (ICT) is a core part in the development of any country, but especially in Africa. He went on to illuminate […]
