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April 2011

Freetown – Less than one week after their (re)election, the SLAJ National Executive and the Chairmen of the three Regional Executives retreated to Bo, Southern Sierra Leone to draw up their plan of action for

Sierra Leone Lawn Tennis Association has made another remarkable achievement in the history of the game in the country. Mattu Kamara, at just 12 years is representing the whole of West and Central Africa in

The foreign Coach for Senior Cricket team Peter Kiesten has added Abass Gbla to the 18 man list to train for the ICC Africa Regional Division 2 tournament in South Africa April 2011.  (Photo: Peter

The chairperson of the Social Services Committee in Freetown City Council, Councilor Winifred Cummings, who resides at Ginger Hall, is said to have swindled a whopping sum of Le 19 million.  Last month, being the

Former Senior Cricket coach Cyril Panda who was suspended by the Sierra Leone Cricket Association has written an apology letter to the Association. Panda was suspended for writing a letter to ICC for Canadian visas,

The big clubs in the premier league are continuously losing points while the provincial clubs are maintaining the lead in the Africell Premier league. (Photo: East End Lions) East End Lions (defending champions) have played 3

The survival and success of any organization is its ability and efforts to maintain peace and unity within its members.  As a means of promoting its agenda of peace, unity and reconciliation in APC-NA, Canada

When a close associate of mine called me on Monday evening to say that Olu Gordon had died earlier that day in London, all I could murmur to myself was,  “THERE BUT FOR THE GRACE

Even though the government is doing its best to provide access to justice for every Sierra Leonean, irrespective of geographical location, indicators at the Kabala Magistrate Court, the Police Station and the Prisons

FREETOWN: In preparation for resuming export of Sierra Leone fish products to the European market, the State House Chief of Staff has made inspection visits to Government Agencies dealing with Food and Drugs Standards in

Imagine that you are in a room with a group of international investors and corporate executives and you have the chance to tell them about a virtually untapped trove of investment potential.  (Photo: Cheick Sidi

Whenever you talk to people about Kono, the first thing you will hear is that it is the land of diamonds. This being the case, it is generally assumed that whosoever hails from this land

A pastor known for planting churches in Sierra Leone was killed in a traffic wreck more than a week ago. (Photo: Pastor Morrison Ngobeh with missionary Paul Martin in Sierra Leone, Africa.) Returning from Sierra

Freetown – In collaboration with the United States Embassy in Freetown, the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists will hold a training programme for journalists interested in setting up and operating their own blogs. It follows

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Presidential aspirant, Mohamed C. Bah, on April 1, 2011 attended a one day conference on rebuilding Sierra Leone - changing institutions and culture - at the University of Columbia, South