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June 2014

Several newspapers have started publishing a full page vacancy announcement for the position of Director General at NASSIT (National Social Security and Insurance Trust).  Applicants must be above the age of 45.  When NASSIT was

According to senior medical experts in the country it has been disclosed that the Ebola virus may transfer through sweat, blood transfer, body touch etc, etc. Today more than 50% of Sierra Leoneans use motor cycles

Freetown, June 17, 2014 - - World Bank Vice President for Africa, Makhtar Diop arrives in Sierra Leone  for an official visit from 18th to 20th  June  20, 2014. He will participate in the Consultative

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has catalogued some of his country’s growing potentials to investors in Riyadh, the Kingdom’s capital. Ambassador Alhaji M.S Kargbo told them about the opportunities his country can

Egypt's prosecutor general has ordered the release of Al Jazeera Arabic journalist Abdullah Elshamy (in photo) on medical grounds, ending almost a year of imprisonment without charge. A statement from the prosecutor's office on Monday said

Development and Democracy Associate-Sierra Leone (DADA-SL) on 9th June 2014 organized a day’s capacity-building workshop for various stakeholders including Ward Development and Budget Oversight Committee members and Non-State Actors (NSAs) in Kambia District to monitor

Health care in all developing countries, particularly Sierra Leone, is a massive challenge, but an achievable one.  What’s needed, according to The Voiceless Sierra Leoneans, is the will, and the funding. Despite the numerous challenges

The Regional Missionary Initiative, in collaboration with the Department of Youth and Young Adults of the United Methodist Church (UMC) Sierra Leone Annual Conference has ended a week-long Ubuntu Volunteer Service to Kambia District, Northern

The Parliamentary Committee on Labour and Industrial Relations pursuance of Suction 93 Sub-Suction 1, 2, 3 and 6 were on 10th June this year summoned senior officers in charge of administrations and finance to clarifies

Political controversy has once again rocked the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP). In what has been called a coup, on Monday June 16th, 2014, the National Chairman Somano Kapen and the party’s Secretary General Banja Tejan-Sie

Kailahun, June 16 (SLENA) - Sources close to the Ebola treatment centre in Daru, Jawei Chiefdom, Kailahun district have disclosed that so far there are 34 recorded cases of Ebola casualties in the district –

Airtel on Monday partnered with All Works of Life (AWOL) in fighting against the dreadful disease Ebola. Speaking at the launch, Hon Sho Sawyerr of AWOL in his opening statement said that they decided to partner

Freetown, June 16, 014 (SLENA) - Intensifying efforts towards strengthening surveillance at check points in the Kailahun and Kenema districts, the Ministry of Health and Sanitation has beefed up its human resource capacity and the

Freetown, June 16 (SLENA) - The multiple Award winning telecommunication company in the country, Africell over the weekend dished out the sum of five million leones (Le5m) as sponsorship package for the third Inter-secondary schools

Freetown, June 16 (SLENA) – As part of their, members of the Public Accounts Committee in Parliament last Wednesday ordered the Kono District Council to pay the sum of twenty-one million leones (Le 21 M)