On January 4, 2021, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi started his five-day visits to five African countries, namely Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Botswana, Tanzania, and Seychelles. Since 1991, Africa has been the destination of Chinese foreign ministers’ first annual overseas visit for 31 years in a row. This unique...Read More
Audit Service Sierra Leone (ASSL) has in a media conference held on Thursday, January 7, 2021, reiterated that its assertions that 47 laptops computers and a 50KVA generator were missing at the time of audit at the National COVID-19 Emergency Response Centre (NaCOVERC) is true. The three vehicles who were supposed to be brand new...Read More
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has recovered Le 220 million 000,000.00 (Two Hundred and Twenty Million Leones), as settlement of issues relating to the procurement of 47 Laptops being supplied to the National COVID-19 Emergency Response Centre contrary to the contracted specification. “There is a balance of Le 34,000,000.00 (Thirty-Four Million Leones) left to be recovered...Read More
The Special Movie Awards (SMA) virtual edition will be held on Saturday, March 27, 2021 live on Africa Young Voices (AYV), Wesley Street in Freetown. It is themed: ‘Promoting Sierra Leonean Culture and Tourism through Films’. According to the WAARD management team, the aim of the celebration is to honour moviemakers from across Africa and...Read More
President Dr Julius Maada Bio has on Tuesday, January 5, 2020, granted Sierra Leonean citizenship to 22 African Americans who traced their origin to Sierra Leone through DNA results, most of them with roots to Bo and Tonkolili districts. While handing over the passports at a ceremony held at State House in Freetown, the President...Read More
Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has offered scholarships to African students including engineering students from Sierra Leone who aim to pursue attain Master of Science (M.Sc.) degrees for the 2021 academic year. The eligibility criteria is that applicants should be researchers or instructors (or potentially expected...Read More
The Sierra Leone Embassy in Cairo Egypt has been relocated to Villa 44A, Street 18, Sarayat in the Diplomatic District of Cairo called AL – Maadi , a district specifically setup to hosts foreign Embassies, Foreign Missions and International Organizations, according to the information attaché at the embassy. Mohamed Bockarie Kallon, Information Attache to Sierra...Read More
Ibrahim Bangura, commonly known as Mr. Press, a local musician has on Friday January 1, 2021 released a song titled ‘Season Compliment’, a commendation to all entertainers (dead and alive) and his fans that have been supporting him. The song also encourages people to thank God for keeping them alive through the years to the...Read More
Flying Stars Amputee Football team of Sierra Leone has on Wednesday January 6, 2021, played a match against their Liberian counterparts to commemorate the tragic civil war in Sierra Leone. On January 6, 1999, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels entered the capital city of Sierra Leone, Freetown, as part of an offensive to overthrow...Read More
Gibrilla Kamara commonly known as Gibo, the manager of WAYout Sierra Leone, has on Saturday January 2, 2021 disclosed to Premier News that, the organization has recently made lots of achievements in Sierra Leone with the efforts of its member. Kamara said that in a national poetry competition organized recently by the Anti-Corruption and AYV,...Read More
