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May 2017

Most countries that are booming in the tourist industry in Africa do not have as many beautiful beautiful beaches as Sierra Leone possesses! I have seen the beaches in Banjul, Dakar, Mombasa, Abidjan, Cotonou, Bissau, Brazzaville

The Paramount Chief of Bagbo Chiefdom in the Bo District, Raymond Coker, has debunked as fake and baseless Green Scenery’s wide ranging accusations linking Socfin Agricultural Company to land encroachment in the chiefdom. According to the

The Legal Aid Board and the National Commission for Persons with Disability are collaborating on rights issues pertaining to disabled persons. The target group includes the Blind, Wheelchair Users, Deaf, Amputees, War Wounded and Albinos.

Former Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) Aspirant, Bamba Jalloh, who lost Hon. Alhansan Kamara of former constituency 96 in Calaba Town in 2012, is reported to have vied again under the banner of the SLPP. This

Youths at Maknadeh village, Koya Chiefdom, Foredugu Section in Port Loko District, are reported to have staged strike action against Samba Chinese Stone Mining Company for failing to fulfill workers condition of services. The peaceful strike

Sierra Leone Postal Service (Salpost) workers past Wednesday demonstrated peacefully, displaying placards and demanding that the Managing Director, Samuel Koroma, account for the lumpy sum of seven billion Leones, which the protesting workers alleged, he

Kingston, Jamaica, May 15, 2017–  Buzzing parties, jaw dropping photos from around the globe, and an epic dance battle are all part of the promotions surrounding United Kingdom based, Sierra Leonean artiste Kainawa’s new single

Brief diplomatic history between Sierra Leone and Saudi Arabia Sierra Leone’s diplomatic relations with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia span for more than three decades now. It was in 1979 that the Republic of Sierra Leone

Ahead of the goal of gender equality, increased political participation of women and economic empowerment lies an arduous journey for women and girls in Africa. (Photo: Fashion designer Ejiro A. Tafiri, 28, and her team in

— Ahmad Alhendawi, former United Nations youth envoy Ahmad Alhendawi (in photo) served as the United Nations Secretary-General’s Envoy on Youth between 2013 and 2017. During that period, he traversed the world, visiting Africa 15 times, advocating

Dr. Kandeh Yumkella's elder brother and former High Commissioner to The Gambia, Ambassador Foday Yumkella has declared Brigadier (Rtd.) Julius Maada Bio as the next President of the Republic of Sierra Leone. Ambassador Foday Yumkella

On Friday, 12th May 2017, a new book titled Gallery Walk-ins (Unsolicited) was launched at the British Council. The author of this new book is a young Sierra Leonean, Victor Koroma, who is based in

Deputy Health and Sanitation Minister II, Madam Zuliatu Cooper has officially opened a four-day 2017 Annual Conference and Scientific Symposium of the Sierra Leone Nurses Association (SLNA) on Thursday May 11, 2017 at the Holy

one year after she was appointed as Minister of Political and Public Affairs, the first woman to hold such prestigious position Sierra Leone’s First Female to be appointed as Minister of Political and Public Affairs, Hon.

The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) has got a new chairperson and vice chairperson respectively. The new chairperson of HRCSL is Rev. Dr. Usman Jesse Fornah and the Vice chairperson is Grace Coleridge Taylor.