By Sallieu S. Kanu The President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), Ahmed Sahid Nasralla, on Saturday departed for the United States of America to participate in the U.S. State Department’s International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP). The IVLP is the U.S. Department of State’s premier professional exchange program designed to introduce emerging foreign...Read More
By Iednewsdesk A new report, assessing and providing recommendations on disaster management across Sierra Leone, has been launched in Sierra Leone.Bournemouth University’s Disaster Management Centre (BUDMC) has worked with the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA) in Sierra Leone to produce a Final Report of the Evaluating Local Disaster Management in Sierra Leone (EVALDIS) project.The project, funded...Read More
By Bernard Abass Kargbo, Public Education Office – ACC In its quest to disseminate and share anti-corruption messages with public officials, the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, held a customized meeting with police officers at the Lumley Police Station Conference Room, Wilkinson Road in the Western part of Freetown. The engagement aimed...Read More
Leone Rock Metal Group through its subsidiary Kingho Mining Company on Thursday, March 30, 2023, has laid the cornerstone for the construction of a 12 million tons per annum beneficiation plant for its phase 2 stage 2 project, as part of the Company’s strategic vertical integration drive. The ceremony was held at the mine site...Read More
By: Betymie Bonnelame (Seychelles News Agency) – A 32-year-old woman from Sierra Leone was sentenced by the Seychelles Supreme Court to four years in prison on Thursday, after she pleaded guilty to the importation of a controlled drug. The police said in a statement on Friday that Memunatu Esther Camara was arrested at the Seychelles International airport in...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Old Edwardians Football Club (OEFC) has reached an agreement with Coach Francis Zappa Koroma and Coach Ibrahim Sillah to take over the technical duties of the Club as Head Coach and Asst. Coach, respectively, ahead of the resumption of the second round of the Sierra Leone Premier League. According to a...Read More
By Ibrahim S. Bangura United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday, March 22, 2023 donated 84 TVS motorbikes and 64 Samsung Computer Tablets to the Ministry of Social Welfare to improve the capacity of social workers in carrying out their duties in different communities. This donation was made during the commemoration of the World Social...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka The Parliament of Sierra Leone has on Thursday, March 23, 2023 extensively debated and ratified joint venture agreements for the socio-economic development of the country. Joint Venture Agreement was ratified between the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone represented by the Minister of Lands, Housing and Country Planning, and TAF Africa...Read More
By Desmond Tunde Coker Malmö FF has agreed with striker Mohamed Buya Turay to terminate the player’s contract with immediate effect. The Sierra Leonean striker Mohamed Buya Turay joined Malmö FF in July 2022. During his time in MFF, the striker managed to score an Allsvenskan goal in ten games, as well as a goal...Read More
By Alusine Sesay One of the most progressive and law-abiding communities in Sierra Leone, the Indian community has facilitated the critical surgery of a three-year-old boy in Indian with an estimated cost of over US$20,000. Alhaji Lamrana Jalloh is facing a life-threatening condition and if not urgently operated he may lose his life, according to...Read More
