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November 2018

The British High Commissioner faced questions for Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday. Chaired by Dr Kandeh Yumkella, the panel asked His Excellency Guy Warrington questions on development assistance in Sierra Leone, the environment, and

“Our Port is now Primed to handle the Nation’s Growth”- President Bio Speaks as he Launches New Port Expansion His Excellency Julius Maada Bio has said that the Sierra Leone Port Terminal is now primed to

Independent Sierra Leonean MP Hon. Emilia Loloh Tongi has returned from the Women MPs of the World conference of female Parliamentarians in London to mark the 100-year anniversary of legislation which first gave women in

The Tanzania brandfire musician, bandleader and founder of most famous  “Ngoma Africa band, Base in Germany, Ebrahim Makunja also commonly known as Kamanda Ras Makunja (FFU), aka Field-Mashall of FFU ,a.k.a King of Anunnaki Empire, former  Dar

UNICEF Country Representative in Sierra Leone, Dr. Hamid El-Bashir Ibrahim has revealed that from 1990-2017; Sierra Leone has experienced a significant reduction in under-five child mortality from 262 per 1,000 live births in 1990 to

The festival, ‘Fighting Stigma through Film’, co-ordinated by Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict co-founder Angelina Jolie, finished on Friday at the British Film Institute in London.  (Photo: British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt and Angelina Jolie

Makeni City, Northern Province, Friday 23 November 2017 - His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio has concluded his thank-you tour of Makeni, northern Sierra Leone, where he pledged his government’s commitment to national unity and

State House, Freetown, Thursday 22 November 2018 – Sierra Leone's Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, Alhaji Brima Elvis Koroma, has called at State House to bid farewell to His Excellency President Julius Maada Bio. Ambassador

It is Thanksgiving Day and for many Americans, it is the time to be thankful to the lord for all that they have been blessed with. As for the majority, it is a time to

The General Secretary of the Sierra Leone Seafarers’ Union (SLSU), Tejan A. Savage, has expressed deep dissatisfaction to the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) government especially the National Commission for Privatization (NCP) and the Sierra

With the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) government already faced with many hurdles to successfully implement its flagship program - Free Education, including lack of funds from donor partners and lack of school infrastructure among

Guma Valley Water Company District Metering Area and Water Kiosk Demonstration Pilot Project Notification of Cut-Off Date - November 26th, 2018 - Kingtom

The country’s main opposition, All Peoples Congress (APC) Party, according to many of its loyalists and political analysts, is now poise to bounce back after it painful defeat in the March, 2018 election by its

As Sierra Leone is now glaringly ruled by Executive Orders under the leadership of the former junta leader, Brig. (Rtd) Julius Maada Bio, so also is the faith of the Timber business which has now

Sierra Leone’s leading telecommunication company, Africell on Thursday 22nd November 2018, launched the Africell ‘Keke’ Promotion at the company’s headquarters on Wilberforce in Freetown. Making a statement during the launching, the Station Manager of AIRadio, John