As I was glued to my laptop listening to Star Radio as it aired the now famous Maada Bio’s welcome jamboree in Freetown, I jumped for joy in my sitting room in London when Bio
Freetown, July 6 (SLENA): The Financial Secretary of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (MOFED), Mr. Edmund Koroma has disclosed that the 2013 budget will be presented to Parliament between October and November this
Not even the forces of mother nature could prevent the 5th bi-annual Miss Sierra Leone USA (MSLUSA) pageant from crowning its 2012 beauty Queen. (Eight beautiful MSLUSA contestants) A violent storm with heavy rain and winds
“So far this year, more than 2.1 million acres have burned in wildfires, more than 113 million people in the United States were in areas under extreme heat advisories last Friday, two-thirds of the country
The ordeal of Chernor Bangura (in photo), son of Pa Joseph Bangura, head of the ‘Poroh’ society at Makabrie village in the Port Loko District continues and has even worsened. Worsened because the father Pa Joseph
Kallon FC Junior owned by the Sierra Leonean footballing legend Mohamed Kallon have had an early exit in the 2nd Airtel Rising Stars Under-17 tournament Western area version as they were defeated 3-2 by Mattia
With your help, we could bring hundreds of Solar Suitcases to Uganda in partnership with African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF) and White Ribbon Alliance! AMREF is a finalist in the "Saving Lives at Birth" Grand Challenge,
The feelings can be so hard That it gets difficult to be glad They seem so hurting, seem so bad You thought the world was going mad. Oh! It gets so annoying, it gets so sad And it doesn’t seem
Attacks by the opposition and media investigations on the career of Governor Mitt Romney (in photo) at Bain Capital, a private equity firm he co-founded and headed, is marring his credibility as he hopes to
Yonibana, July 6 (SLENA): The unexpected wind of positive change for both Health and Sanitation Minister, Zainab Hawa Bangura and the country on the announcement of her recent appointment in the UN did not leave
Freetown July 6 (SLENA): Health and Sanitation Minister, Haja Zainab Hawa Bangura has been invited by British Prime Minister, David Cameron to the prestigious International Summit on Health Care Reform taking place in London. Mrs. Bangura
Matotoka, July 6 (SLENA): The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has approved the Sierra Leone Muslim Secondary School as centre for the National Primary School Examination (NPSE) at Matotoka in the Tane Chiefdom, Tonkolili district. This
Magburaka, July 6 (SLENA): Children Learning Services in the United Kingdom has donated a consignment of ten computers and accessories to the National Commercial Secondary School (NCSS), Magburaka, northern Sierra Leone. Briefing SLENA, the principal of
A former editor of the Chicago Tribune once despairingly called the situation when media practitioners intensified their attempts over two decades to target selected sections of society as “conquering an audience for advertisers”. This was
The culture of Political violence is not new to Sierra Leoneans. The country's historical narrative - before and after 1977, and to date is characterised by politically motivated incidents of violence, torture, intimidation and false
