a
Your trusted place for Sierra Leone and global news
Home2018June (Page 3)

June 2018

Political analysts have argued that the manner in which the ruling Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) lost to the main opposition All Peoples Congress (APC) in the past Saturday’s Multi-Ward Local Council Election in Ward

Hundreds of mobile network subscribers across the country have expressed excitement on the former National Telecommunication Commission (NATCOM) boss, Momoh Konte for his astute leadership in transforming the sector to International standard with cheapest tariff

Since MASADA Waste Management Company stopped working actively at night as a result of the emergence of the monthly cleaning, Kissy Road has not only becoming one of the filthiest zones in the eastern part

A humanitarian relief organization, Gilo Education and Economic Development (Geed Foundation) with funds provided by the Good News Prayer Group (GNPG) has launched school feeding program for school children in the Kings and Queens Preparatory

As the Government of President Julius Maada Bio is preparing to implement the free education project for pupils in primary and secondary schools across the country by the next academic year which will fall on

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has filed sealed indictments for corruption offences committed in the 2017 Hajj scholarship scheme. It will be recalled that the ACC launched an investigation in August 2017 relating to the abuse of

18th June 2018 - The Sports Writers Association of Sierra Leone (SWASAL) received with utter shock and disbelief the sad news of the demise of our former President Mr. Sorie Sudan Sesay (in photo), who

It was while I was attending the funeral service of the late Madam Abator Davidson at Christ Church during that I thought of writing this piece. She was a dedicated Sierra Leonean woman who spent

The Ministry of Children's Affairs with support from its partners has commemorated the Day of the African Child June 16, with the Theme: "No Pikin Nor For Lef Bien For Salone E Betteh Wan; Leave

In a drive to promote Sierra Leone’s tourism through sports, the Sports Writers Association of Sierra Leone (SWASAL) last Friday paid a courtesy call to the Minister of Tourism and Culture, Mrs. Memunatu Pratt to

The President of the Sierra Leone Bar Association Rhoda Sufian-Kargbo on Friday 6th June 2018, handed over a Sub Treasury to one of the supervising Judges of the Fast Track Commercial Court  (FTCC) Hon Justice

Sorie Sudan Sesay, Sierra Leone’s Minister Plenipotentiary at our London Mission and Publisher/ Proprietor of the widely read Sierra Update Magazine is dead, family sources say. What a big and an irreparable loss.  I am devastated. 

Momoh Konte, NATCOM chairman today handed over his notes to incoming chairman Prince Harding. (Photo: l-r  (l) outgoing chairman Momoh Konte, and (r) incoming chairman Prince Harding).  Below is a transcript of the notes. BACKGROUND                                                           In

Sierra Leone's Attorney General, Charles Margai has been sacked, with no reasons given at time of press and SEM is uncertain whether he has received his last month salary.  He becomes the county's shortest-lived holder

Robert Weiss, an American national and owner of WS Development here in Sierra Leone, is a subject of an alleged police cruelty and illegal detention over a legal diamond business transaction that transpired between him