Indian Investors to Visit Salone By George M.O. Williams Deputy Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources, Umaru Napoleon Koroma will return home with high spirits and greater optimism for more direct foreign investment in Sierra Leone’s mining sector. On the invitation of leading Indian author, multi-millionaire businessman, and investor – Dr Opesh Singh of Opesh...Read More
Accra, Ghana – October 18, 2024 – The inaugural Africa Skills Week (ASW) has wrapped up in Ghana, calling for robust action to address the continent’s skills gap and youth unemployment challenges. The event, which hosted leaders from governments, educational institutions, and international organizations, concluded with a powerful communiqué urging the institutionalization of ASW as...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Freetown, October 18, 2024 – In the ongoing murder trial of Abdul Kpaka, the fourth prosecution witness, Princess Wilson, Manager of Virtues Funeral Home, testified that the accused was in deep distress, crying bitterly over the body of his deceased girlfriend, Sia Fatu Kamara. Wilson described Kpaka’s emotional state at the funeral...Read More
(By Med-Tulai Agribusiness Communications) The Makeni-based agribusiness initiative, Med-Tulai Agro Dealer, on October 16, 2024, received a national award of recognition from President Bio at the Koidu New Sembehun City stadium in Kailahun on the occasion marking the celebration of World Food Day and the 1st anniversary of the Feed Salone priority Government initiative/programme. Reading...Read More
Freetown, Sierra Leone – In a highly anticipated legal development, three men were found guilty in connection with a plot to murder Dr. Abu Bakarr Bangura, a Law School Director. The accused, 55-year-old tailor Kemoh Bangura, 50-year-old driver Alimamy Bangura, and 58-year-old farmer Pa Alimamy Kargbo, were convicted of soliciting murder under Section 4 of...Read More
Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, receiving the 2024 German Africa Prize from Bärbel Bas, President of the Bundestag (Germany’s Parliament). On October 16, 2024, Her Worship the Mayor of Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr OBE, received the 2024 German Africa Prize from Bärbel Bas, President of the Bundestag (Germany’s Parliament) during a ceremony in Berlin. The German Africa...Read More
The Transformational Journey of Visually Impaired Marie Turay by Haven for Orphans and Widows By: Lansana Fofanah Sierra Leone, located on the West Coast of Africa, could best be described as a nation with resilient people. The small West African nation went through a ten year civil war with unforgettable atrocities from 1991 to 2002;...Read More
By Feima Kpaka Freetown, Sierra Leone – In a dramatic start to a closely watched court martial, six military personnel pleaded not guilty to charges of mutiny, failure to suppress mutiny, and desertion on October 17, 2024. The accused, including Major Patrick Abu Ordende Sesay, Major Juana Kabba, and Lieutenant Zainab Amara Suwu, appeared before...Read More
By Fatima Kpaka Mousa Sewa, a businessman, was on Wednesday, October 16, 2024, sent to prison by Magistrate Santigie Bangura of Pademba Road Court No.2 for allegedly killing one Massah Massaquoi in Makeni City. The accused made his first appearance and was arraigned before the court on a count charge of Murder contrary to section...Read More
Africa Skills Week: skills supply needs to match demand Accra, Ghana, 16 October 2024: Africa’s population is growing rapidly, and so is the quantity of education it receives – but the quality of its education is lagging. And the skills Africans learn do not always match the skills needed on the continent. These were central messages...Read More
