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June 2013

Faith Healing Bible Church has concluded a five-day Gospel Ministers Church Growth and Renewal Conference held at the Church’s Conference hall at Grafton from 27th to 31st May 2013.  The seventh conference was graced by

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to Senegal H E Ambassador Khadijatu Bassir over the weekend in a continuous show of diplomatic ties between the two countries presented the Prime Minister of Senegal Abdoul Mbaye with portraits (in

MARRAKECH, Morocco, May 31, 2013/ -- On the margins of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (http://www.afdb.org) 48th Annual Meetings, in a side event gathered on May 29th 2013, Trade Finance (TF) leaders and practitioners

The All People’s Congress (APC) party, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States Branch, inaugurated its new Chairman, Unisa Kanu in the Kingdom’s capital, Riyadh into his first term yesterday. Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Press

Africa is one of the regions in the world with the highest visa requirements MARRAKECH, Morocco, June 1, 2013/ -- “Africa is one of the regions in the world with the highest visa requirements. Visa restrictions

Mecca: Sierra Leone's Social Welfare, Children’s and Gender Affairs Minister has called on Sierra Leoneans to pray fervently for the nation and its leadership; irrespective of political, ethnic and regional affiliations.  (Photo: From left, Hon.

President Ernest Bai Koroma and a strong delegation en route to Japan to attend the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) from 1st to 3rd June,  made a stopover in the Senegalese capital

(Los Angeles, California - May 30, 2013) It takes a special artist to fuse elements of varying genres and eras into a winning formula. Taking a bit of the old and a bit of the

Durban, South Africa: Eighteen projects by African filmmakers have been selected for the finance forum of the Durban FilmMart (DFM) which takes place from July 19 to 22 during the 34th Durban International Film Festival (July

Civil Society leaders from across West Africa are currently in Accra (29 and 30 May 2013) in a planning meeting to organise an annual event for the region starting this year. Please join us in

Sierra Leone's Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Nations, Mr. Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu, has called for the creation of an African -based media system like the Arab media network, Al Jazeera, to accurately tell the African

Is this feasible?  YES.   Malaysia eradicated it successfully after Independence. How?  It cannot be done by Sierra Leoneans alone working exclusively within Sierra Leone because mosquitoes will fly in from Guinea and Liberia – particularly the

Project Financiers gather in Marrakesh to discuss finance of small and medium-sized projects in Africa MARRAKECH, Morocco, May 29, 2013/ -- A side event entitled Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA): Reaching out to Project Financiers

The history of United Nations peacekeeping is one of innovation and adaptation. Until some twenty years ago, UN peacekeeping seemed a more straightforward affair. Blue Helmets were deployed to monitor ceasefires – usually between warring

To support trade flows of approximately US$3.6 billion in Africa Marrakech, 29 May 2013 – The African Development Bank (“AfDB”) and Standard Chartered Bank (“Standard Chartered”) today signed a US$400 million Risk Participation Agreement that