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January 2016

The current National Executive Council (NEC) of the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), whose tenure of office expired six months ago, has gone ahead to schedule dates for the election of zonal, constituency,

With Support from the Dutch Ministry of Trade and International Corporation, the Migration and Development Consultancy headed by a Sierra Leonean in The Netherlands in partnership with the Network University in The Netherlands, Institute of

It is said in organizational management that good, focused, decisive leadership makes the difference between success and failure. (Photo: SLCB MD, George Taylor: Determined) So it is at the Sierra Leone Commercial Bank (SLCB) in the

Makeni, Jan. 18 (SLENA) - The Hon. Vice President, Dr. Victor Bockarie Foh last Friday declared that the More Time campaign that is spreading around was not the idea of his boss, His Excellency, Dr.

The great respecter of the rule of law and former Head of State of the Republic of Sierra Leone, Rtd. Brig. Bio has told national TV that the people of Sierra Leone do not deserve

The Acting Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Shollay Davies, on Monday 18th January 2015 handed over the cash prize of Five Million Leones each to the two recipients of the Commission’s 2015 National Integrity

Brussels/Freetown 15 January 2016 - In close cooperation with the Secretary of State for Foreign Trade Pieter De Crem and with the Chamber of Commerce CBL-ACP, Brussels Airlines is organising an exploratory trade mission to

The High Court of Sierra Leone, presided over by Hon. Justice D.B Edwards, Justice of the Appeal Court, on Thursday 14th January 2016, found Fomba Koroma, Civil Society Activist, guilty on one count, for obtaining

Corporate mining remains a cornerstone of the country’s revenue earning drive in order to finance post-Ebola economic recovery activities and the longer term Agenda for Prosperity national development plan.  (Photo: GM of Koidu Limited, Christo

It is not a secret, deep Water Quay is a mess.  You do not need experts to tell you that.  All you need to do is spend thousands of dollars to ship a container from

The Leader and Chairman of the Alliance Democratic Party (ADP), Mr. Mohamed Kamaramba Mansaray on Friday 14th January 2016 applauded the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) for organizing a day’s workshop at the Bank of Sierra

Freetown, Jan. 14 (SLENA) - More than 25 stakeholders and partners drawn from the educational, public, private, police, media, non-governmental organizations on Tuesday 12th January 2016 validated the Independent Police Complaints Board’s (IPCB) Strategic Plan

CONAKRY/MONROVIA/FREETOWN/DAKAR, 14 January 2016 – Nearly 23,000 children who lost one or both parents or their primary caregivers to Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone will continue to need care and support, UNICEF said as it

With lack of contraception claiming the lives of thousands of women and children annually, religious bodies must put their influence to good use As men of faith, we share a deeply held conviction that all families

A Sierra Leonean working for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is promoting education in Jewi camp, Ethiopia, by advising parents to send their children to school.  He is Sulaiman Momodu, a seasoned