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ST. HELENA ISLAND – When Beaufort Mayor Billy Keyserling learned that a group of soccer players maimed in Sierra Leone’s recent civil war was planning to visit here, Instead, Keyserling helped organize an event Thursday at Penn Center that reinforced the cultural ties between the West African nation and the Gullah community of South Carolina’s […]

CHESTER, Pa. (Via Philadelphia Union) – Philadelphia Union midfielder Michael Lahoud has been called up to the Sierra Leone National Team for the second leg of a 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualifying match May 31 against the national team of Swaziland, the club announced today. Lahoud and his squad will take on Swaziland at their home venue […]

It was a tepid and weak performance from Sierra Rangers, and a win would have helped build confidence and move us in the 2nd place of our Group. As with the England game, ABK (assistant coach) started with an unfamiliar line-up featuring Issa kamara partnering Francis in the center of midfield, Kelly Marrah on the left, […]

SOCCER – MANZINI Sundowns’ midfield-cum-defender Sabelo ‘Sawa’ Gamedze is unlikely to return for second leg of the 2015 AFCON qualifiers clash against Sierra Leone. The player was dropped from the squad just before the first leg of the clash played at the Somhlolo National Stadium after coming down with chicken pox. Sihlangu’s head-coach Harries ‘Madze’ […]

Orange on Monday agreed to sell its 65.9% stake in Orange Uganda to Lebanon-based Africell. The deal adds a fourth market to Africell’s footprint. The telco currently has operating subsidiaries in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, and Sierra Leone. The group currently has more than 9 million active subscribers and expects to grow to […]

ISHMAEL Beah’s 2007 memoirs, A Long Way Gone, was a brave, brutal, haunting and horrific glimpse into the life of child soldiers in Sierra Leone. Prior to the decade-long civil war that began in 1992, Beah’s life was simple: he hung out with his older brother and friends, trying to rap and dance to hip hop […]

The Country’s leading GSM operator, Airtel-Sierra Leone, on Tuesday 13 May 2014 launched its fourth season of Africa’s largest youth football initiative ‘Airtel Rising Stars’ with the mission to take football to all the 149 chiefdoms in the country. In his statement during a well-attended ceremony chaired by Airtel’s June-Rose Johnson at the company headquarter […]

York is a distinctly Krio village with a rich history though the village also comprises of various other tribes. Prior to the arrival of the liberated slaves, the Sherbro were settled in the area and the village as called Momimi. York village is over 200 years old, predominantly Christian with old churches and beautiful layout […]

BAM International and its South African joint-venture partner Stefanutti Stocks have been awarded the contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of a petroleum jetty at the Kissy Oil Terminal of Freetown in Sierra Leone. It will take the joint venture approximately one year to design and complete the project for PetroJetty Ltd. https://www.thepatrioticvanguard.com/spip.php?article7744

The Sierra Leone High Commission in Nigeria on Friday April 25 th., Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th. Celebrated its 53rd Independence Anniversary. Nigeria and Sierra Leone has a long and close historical ties. Nigeria being the big brother of Africa sacrificed Men, sweat, blood, tears and resources in bringing Peace to our beloved Country, Sierra […]