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Magbenteh hospital gets $150,000 worth solar power

The Magbenteh Community Hospital situated in the northern provincial headquarter town of Makeni, and operated by the Swiss-Sierra Leone Development Foundation (SSLDF), has become the first hospital in the country to enjoy 24-hour solar-powered electricity

I have always maintained that the rhetoric of opposition is a far cry from the reality of governance; I am sure that no one would agree with me more than the leadership of the APC.

Fellow Sierra Leoneans: On assuming office on September 17, 2007, I promised a progressive turnaround for this country in three years. I firmed up our aspirations for this turn around in An Agenda for Change.

An address by His Excellency President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, delivered at Kent Village on the occasion of the launching of the Sierra Leone Public Service Academy on Friday 17 September, 2010. My Fellow Sierra Leoneans,

There is no doubt that the products and services of Zain affect the life of every Sierra Leonean.  It affects the economy of this country and it affects our relationship to the outside world.  The

Honourable Justice Abdulai Sheikh Fofanah, Judge of the High Court of Sierra Leone has received an award from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom.  (Hon. Justice Abdulai Sheikh Fofanah presents his award to  Sierra Leone's

Please allow me to respond to the opinion of Alimamy Jaiah Kaikai of Houston, Texas, USA. The article titled “In Pursuit Of Fairness, Mr. President” dated Sept. 11, 2010 called Mr. Francis Munu, who is

The newly dressed Police Inspector General, Francis Munu, we are told, has robust plans to go after con artists who rest their all  on the fleecing of monies of honest individuals of society. A source at

A Guinean by the name of Byram Delphine was on the 13th September nabbed at the Lungi International Airport for possession of a Sierra Leonean passport. In her bid to board the BMI airline for a

Bombshell: core Ministers have vowed to either retain office or be repositioned to other offices of reasonable relations.  Delay in the release of memorandum document (otherwise called ‘cabinet reshuffle’ message) that tells names of sacked

On behalf of my campaign team and myself, I would like to thank each and every person that came out on Sunday September 12, 2010 to participate in the democratic process of electing a new

Africell, one of Sierra Leone’s leading telecommunication companies past Thursday presented a cheque of Le 60 million to the winner of the Africell’s Ramadan promotion codified as ‘Find the Missing Treasure.’ Speaking at Africell’s head office

Today, President Koroma thanked the Commonwealth Secretariat for facilitating the conference of Ministers and Permanent Secretaries which has just ended at the Miatta Conference Centre in Freetown.  (Photo: HE President Ernest Bai Koroma) During a courtesy

President Ernest Bai Koroma today administered the oath of office to the new Chief of Defence Staff of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), Major General Robert Yirra Koroma, the new Inspector General

Political observers have said that the Ernest Koroma-led APC Government deserves to be commended for living up to its promises, as it has been demonstrated time and again, from the time it came to power