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Following the reopening of schools, two secondary schools in the Western Area are beneficiaries of the Western Union Foundation.  comprising four banks, Union Trust Bank, Ecobank, FIBank and Access Bank and Plan International – donation of 400 tables, desks and chairs to teachers and pupils, in a bid to alleviate seating accommodation in the schools. […]

A UN-backed special court in The Hague is due to rule on an appeal by former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Last May, the court sentenced him to 50 years in prison for aiding and abetting rebels in neighbouring Sierra Leone during the 1991-2002 civil war. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24279323

Senior police officers from Sierra Leone, Guinea, Senegal, Ivory Coast and Liberia yesterday commenced a four-day discussion and exchange of ideas on lessons learnt with regards gender responsiveness . And integration in their various police services. The session is being held under the theme: ‘The integration of gender into police services’. https://allafrica.com/stories/201309250354.html

Sierra Leone’s Transport and Aviation Minister, Leonard Balogun Koroma has informed officials of China Railway International Ltd, a Chinese company charged with the construction of a new airport in Mamamah. In the Port Loko district, that the airport project is currently a top priority project for the Government of President Ernest Bai Koroma and for […]

The Nuclear Science Laboratory, Department of Physics, Fourah Bay College has been defunct for the past 30 years, owing to the lack of needed equipment to kick-start the lab which deals mainly with radiation and its attendant problems. Quite apart from the unavailability of equipment to furnish and refurbish the Nuclear Science Department since that […]

The Minister of Water Resources, Momodu Maligie, has said that his ministry has braced itself up with a robust roadmap that will challenge the Millennium Development Goal of ensuring at least 74% access to clean and safety water by 2015. The Conference Hall of the Ministry of Water Resources situated at 127 Kuku Drive, off […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — An official of the west African nation of Sierra Leone is calling on the Spanish government to pay reparations to his country and New Haven over the revolt of African slaves aboard the Amistad. The New Haven Register reports ( ) that Alpha Kanu, a presidential spokesman, said New Haven […]

Michael Lamboi smiles. He likes his new nickname, although its power and significance is lost on those who only know the likeable 23-year-old as a football player at San Bernardino Valley College. “Hey, Africa, it’s time for practice.” “Africa, are these your pads?” https://blog.pe.com/college-sports/2013/09/21/football-the-journey-out-of-africa/

Like many children in Sierra Leone, 13-year-old Kadiatu Kamara lost both her parents in the country’s decade-long civil war. But she is one of the lucky ones. Not only has she been given the chance of an ­education, she no longer has to fear the daily threat of rape – because her school is one […]

A Sierra Leonean, Dr. Mohamed Sheriff was among the proud winners of this year’s UN 21 Award in the Category of “Efficiency”.This was announced by the United Nations Secretary General Ban ki Moon at a ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Friday, 13 September 2013. Dr Sheriff is currently working for […]