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Chinese Ambassador’s Wife hosts First Lady
Wife of the Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Mao Xuehong, last Thursday hosted Sierra Leone’s First Lady, Sia Nyama Koroma at the Chinese Embassy to celebrate International Women’s Day.Madam Mao expressed delight for hosting the First Lady of their host country in oberving an international event such as the International Women’s Day. She paid tribute […]
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AfDB and Mo Ibrahim Foundation Support Sierra Leone in Fighting Bribery
The African Development Bank (AfDB) in collaboration with the Mo Ibrahim Foundation and the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone under the auspices of Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma organized a two day high level dialogue on the State of Good Governance in Africa with special emphasis on Sierra Leone on February 20-21, […]
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Sierra Leone Prisons observed 100 years of success
The Sierra Leone Prisons commenced its 100 year anniversary celebration of success, struggles and achievements on Thursday 6thMarch 2014 at the Prisons Canteen situated along Pike Street, Freetown. Delivering his opening statement, the Director of Prisons Mr. Sanpha Bilo Kamara told members of the press that, the Pademba Road Maximum Prisons was established 14th March 1914. […]
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Ahead of Under 20 Africa Youth Championship… Coach Charlie Wright invites 34 for training
Recently appointed Head Coach for the Sierra Leone Under 20 squad, Charlie Wright and his technical team have called up 34 players for training at the Football Academy in Kingtom. The called up players, who are expected to start training on Monday will be preparing for the 2015 Africa Youth Championship first leg qualifiers against […]
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UN Peacekeeping Shutting Down in Sierra Leone After 15 Years
FREETOWN — At the end of this month, more than 15 years of United Nations peacekeeping operations will end in Sierra Leone. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in the country’s capital for two days to mark the occasion. Peace Muhammad Duada Kamara was just a child when a civil war broke out in his country of […]
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UN Peacekeeping Shutting Down in Sierra Leone After 15 Years
FREETOWN — At the end of this month, more than 15 years of United Nations peacekeeping operations will end in Sierra Leone. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is in the country’s capital for two days to mark the occasion. Peace Muhammad Duada Kamara was just a child when a civil war broke out in his country of […]
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ACC gives hope to Malone community in Tonkolili
The Northern Regional Office of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has raised the hopes of people living in Malone Village, Makump Section in the Kholifa Rowalla Chiefdom, Tonkolili District for better lives; by expressing its commitment in fulfilling its vision of a corrupt free Sierra Leone wherein the social and economic needs of all citizens would […]
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SLAJ lobbies Parliament on Criminal Libel
MONDAY MARCH 3, 2014 – The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) yesterday implored the leadership of the Sierra Leone House of Parliament to support the Association in its quest to have the criminal portions of the Public Order Act of 1965 expunged and/or reviewed. (Photo: Speaker of Parliament, S.B.B. Dumbuya and SLAJ President, Kelvin Lewis) First […]
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Ban Ki Moon arrives today at the start of a two day visit to Sierra Leone.This visit is largely to celebrate 15 years of UN peace keeping and peace building operations in Sierra Leone, which comes to an end on the 31st March 2014. For the UN there is something to celebrate, and for Sierra […]
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Ambassador Zhao Yanbo on courtesies
Chinese Ambassador Zhao Yanbo since his arrival in Sierra Leone has been paying courtesies to government officials to familiarise himself with the workings in Sierra Leone. In the past week, he started paying courtesies to government officials. He paid a courtesy call on Hon. Chief Justice of Sierra Leone Mrs. Umu Hawa Tejan-Jalloh at her […]