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September 2014

Sierra Leonean international midfilder Michael Lahoud is set to play the United States Cup final as his side Philadelphia Union lock horns with Washington based team Seattle Sounders FC at home on Tuesday. It'll be the

Time has come when the unquestionable loyalty of Mr. Daniel Kanu (in photo) to the All People’s Congress (APC) party will be rewarded. Mr. Kanu, now officially called, Commissioner Kanu, successfully sailed through the Parliament

Africell (SL) Limited has on Friday 12th September made a presentation of the second consignment of food provision to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation for onward delivery to Ebola Epicenters, quarantined communities and other

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, with accreditation to 11(Eleven ) other countries in the Southeast Asia Pacific, Victor Bockarie Foh is in Hanoi, the capital city of the Socialist Republic of Viet

Freetown, Sierra Leone (12th September, 2014): The Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law – Sierra Leone (CARL-SL) today urged the Sierra Leone Government to launch an independent investigation to establish whether probable cause exists

HIGHLIGHTS OF REGULAR PRESS BRIEFING BY THE INFORMATION SERVICE Corinne Momal-Vanian, Director of the United Nations Information Service in Geneva, chaired the briefing, which was attended by the Spokespersons for the United Nations Children’s Fund, the

Social Media outlets like Facebook, Instagram, WhatAssp, amongst others, today play a crucial role in democracy and good governance. They have not only helped in justifying   the dictum of the world being a ‘Global Village’

Weeks ago, I told few of my APC friends that the fight against Ebola was not about cynicism. Rather, it should be a collective genuine effort in tackling a virus which has caused so much

Head coach of Leone Stars Jonathan McKinstry is still hopeful that his team can make it to the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations finals in Morocco despite they are bottom of group D. (Photo: Alhassan

Following the first consignment of medical items received last Thursday, the Embassy of Sierra Leone in the Federal Republic of Germany has received further medical supplies from its Honorary Consulate in the German capital of

Wednesday 10 September 2014: Commercial motorbike riders have started an intensive awareness raising campaign that seeks to reach between 150,000 and 200,000 people over a two month period in Freetown after receiving training from the

Sierra Leone’s Minister of Foreign Affairs & International Cooperation, Dr. Samura M.W. Kamara, who represented President Ernest Bai Koroma who stayed in country to manage the Ebola emergency, returned from the US-Africa Summit last month

As a robust measure to contain the ebola outbreak that has now taken a heavy toll in Bombali District, the Bombali Descendants Association (BDA) met with the Bombali District Ebola Task Force at the Makeni

(New York, 10 September 2014) – United Nations humanitarian chief Valerie Amos (in photo) has allocated US$3.8 million from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) for the UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) to support humanitarian

The sudden death is reported of Mrs. Mariama Diarra-Sesay, former Deputy Country Representative of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Sierra Leone. She died on 10th September 2014. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.