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June 2013

On the 21st of June 2013 the Sierra Leone High Commission in the UK had a pleasant but nail biting visit from the Director General (DG) Mrs Rasie Kargbo.  Present at the meeting was the

To read that the oldest university south of the Sahara is fifth from bottom among universities in Africa is disheartening, especially when you think it used to be the cream and reference point in years

In a bid to market the image of the country in the international arena, the Minister of Political and Public Affairs, Alhaji Ibrahim Kemoh Sesay (in photo) has returned home during the weekend after delivered

We want to put thousands of open education materials available on the internet and those developed by trained local teachers in Sierra Leone base on their curriculum in the hands of students and teachers mainly

In an interview with Abubakarr Kamara of SLBC,  Momoh Kemoh Konteh answers questions on the acquittal and discharge of the 5-count accusation of the Anti Corruption Commission on the Al Jazeera - Timbergate saga. "In the

The spate of shooting and killing of innocent people by personnel of the Operation Support Division (OSD) of the Sierra Leone police in recent times is raising tension around the country. We are told the police

Fans and well wishers of  Shain Foundation (Amara Kabba’s legacy) in Holland and Sierra Leone are commemorating the 10th death anniversary of Sierra Leonean reggae musician Amara Kabba who unfortunately drowned at Aberdeen, survived by

The Muslim Brotherhood Old Pupils Association (MBOPA), on Tuesday, June 18, 2012, distributed assorted examination materials to over 400  Junior Secondary School (JSS) 3 pupils for the 2012/2013 academic year. Addressing the beneficiaries shortly before the

Members of the Elimuzakelina Muslim Jamaat  at Plum Heat (Phase two), Hill Station, on Thursday last week, disrupted  work at the Congo Cross Police Station following an attempt to detain the Chief Adviser to the

As candidates are preparing to sit the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE)  from 24th June to 3rd July, 2013, in 201 examination centres throughout the country, the Head of the National Office (HNO) West African

Twenty-two senior officers of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) are reported to have been promoted following the recent mass retirement of overdue senior officers. Defence sources say it has pleased the President of

Latest report reaching this press states that two cabinet ministers in the Ruling APC government will be sacked next month. Our sources revealed that the Minister of Education, Science and Technology (MEST), Minkailu Bah and the

The Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation (SLRTC) is inviting responses in the form of Bids for the sale of scrap metals from derelict SLRTC vehicles. Interested bidders must inspect the scrap metals at the corporation’s depot

Two members of the Sierra Leone Parliament, Hon. Ibrahim Rashin Bundu and Hon. Alpha Babatunde Lewally have called on Development Partners in Europe to continue to give support to the government of Sierra Leone in

In May alone this year, hundred rape cases were reported to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children’s Affairs. This alarming rate at which rape is now being committed in Sierra Leone is a