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Riding the coattails of the largestdiamond company operating in the country, Sierra Leone significantly increased its diamond exports in the first six months of 2013, year-over-year, Mining Weekly reports. The West African nation exported 331,471 carats of rough diamonds worth $102 million between January and June 2013, a full 43% increase in value over the 296,334 carats of […]

It is said that in the late 1800’s, the widowed ‘Queen Nyarroh’ of Barri, fell in love with the Chief of Koya, who lived on the opposite side of the Moa river, behind Tiwai Island. As a gift of love, Queen Nyarroh gave half of Tiwai to the Koya Chief, so the Chiefdoms would share […]

The recently released Human Rights report for 2012 of the Human Rights Commission has said in their recommendations, that the Government should repeal the Seditious Libel provisions in the 1965 Public Order Act and also enact the Access to Information bill which was introduced in Parliament two years ago. In the report, it was stated […]

Yesterday Monday around mid-day a minor accident occurred at the headquarters of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) at Campbell Street as part of the ceiling wall collapsed on the Secretary’s desk hitting her on the arm and causing damage to the desktop computer on her desk. Speaking to Angela Kamanda, the SLAJ Secretary, […]

A Sierra Leonean born London base Jazz superstar Collins Pratt [aka De Champ] and his 9 year old son Alexandra Pratt, last Saturday rocked the stage of ‘The Office’ night club  Aberdeen, West Freetown  with a threading performance for a well attended audience both old and young . The live concert which was sponsored by […]

President Ernest Bai Koroma yesterday said that his government is working towards establishing a national youth service. He made this statement when he was officially launching the 1st youth report and giving his keynote address on the commemoration of the international youth day under the theme ‘youth migration; moving development forward’ at the Miatta conference […]

An African style hotel where you can get away from the hustle and bustle of city life and in the process of getting there by road you can see a cross section of Sierra Leones countryside. Basic but adequate facilities. Adequate security is assured. You can participate in our community based tree planting in the […]

Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, woke up Friday morning 9th August to heartbreaking painful tragedy caused by landslide, precipitated by heavy torrential rain that plagues this West African nation during the rainy season. The nation’s major streets and some houses are flooded by heavy rainfall. Sadly, nothing concrete has been done to arrest this dire […]

This debut literary novel takes readers from the familiar spaces of Vancouver to the complicated and haunting territories of Sierra Leone. It is a candid and thoughtful journey through the minefields of post-trauma, memory and recovery. My Heart Is Not My Own begins with the story of Dr. John Rourke, a psychiatrist who did relief […]

Kei Kamara continues to punish the Revolution. The Sierra-Leone international’s brace helped lead Sporting Kansas City (11-7-6, 39 points) to a 3-0 victory over New England (8-9-6, 30 points) at Sporting Park on Saturday night. Former Revolution midfielder Benny Feilhaber added another goal, curling a freekick into the back of the net in second half […]