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Will Kenya jump ship now that the country’s parliament has voted for the government to quit the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) which had wanted to make history by trying a sitting president?Would the government take up the bait, hook, line and sinker and jam the door on the jurist organization? But it is not […]

Maryland — All eyes will be on Lady Felicia and Vicky Forna who will be performing live at a fund-raising dinner and dance to be organized by the United Sierra Leone Sisters at the Loft Ball Room on 9375 Washington. Blve Laurel Maryland, United States of America on Saturday 14th September. https://allafrica.com/stories/201309091509.html

Sierra Leone’s envoy to the People’s Republic of China, also with accreditation to several other countries in the southeast Asia pacific region, Victor Bockarie Foh, on Thursday 5th September, called on dozens of Sierra Leonean students . Who arrived in Beijing, to pursue different courses of study to be hard working, be good representatives of […]

The Government of Sierra Leone last Wednesday donated one million US dollar to the African Union (AU) Trust Fund on Mali. Sierra Leone donated the stated amount in honoring the pledge it made during the Donors’ conference on Mali, held in Addis Ababa, on 29 January 2013. The pledge was made in response to the […]

AFTER being asked to help out at an African school, a Ponteland woman has decided to stay put and do all she can to help its children. Kate Stoddart went to Sierra Leone in January to do some volunteering work for a micro-finance organisation and was based in the Makeni area. During the trip, she […]

Transport & Aviation Minister, Leonard Balogun Koroma on Thursday 29th August 2013 was accorded a warm welcome by colleague cabinet ministers, Members of Parliament, China railway information, Sierra Leone Police, the military, transport stakeholders.  Paramount Chief Kopah Bomboli of Koya Chiefdom, Port Loko District and the electorates at Masiaka on a ministerial sensitization tour and countdown […]

A one-day meeting of Stakeholders in agriculture across the country has ended at the multipurpose building at the Chinese Farm along Wahman Abu Road in Kenema City marking the launching of two agricultural projects funded by the European Union (EU).The projects expected to last for three years targeting 30, 000 (thirty thousand) farmers are focused […]

In fulfillment of the of the Mines and Minerals Act of 2009 Cluff Gold Sierra Leone a subsidiary of Amara Mining has paid slightly over Le 160m as surface rent payment for the year 2013  to land owners and  local authorities within the Valunia Chiefdom Bo District Southern Sierra Leone where the company operates.Speaking at […]

FREETOWN, SIERRA LEONE — A new system to monitor media outlets has been implemented in Sierra Leone. While some say this will help improve reporting in the country, others worry it may censor journalists. Like many reporters worldwide, journalists in Sierra Leone spend countless hours typing away at scripts and chasing down sources for stories. Reporters […]

The Office of the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice has levied additional charges in the two on-going matters against Kabba  Simeon Khalu and others, for offences including but not limited to, conspiracy to obtain credit under false pretences for the sum of Le5.6 Billion. https://awoko.org/2013/09/03/sierra-leone-news-acc-to-investigate-crispin-deigh-others/