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It might have been a box-office hit, but Leo di Caprio’s Blood Diamonds cut a deep scar on Sierra Leone’s international reputation. The savage civil war ended 10 years ago and the country is still associated with unethical diamond mining and child soldiers.As a result, tourists have stayed away – last year the country had […]

The Sierra Freetown Lions Club was over the weekend re-activated during a ceremony held at the Sierra Light House Hotel at Aberdeen by its members in the country with the aim to serve communities. Lions International Club is the world largest humanitarian service club organization.Speaking at the official launching ceremony, President of the Sierra Freetown […]

UNICEF’s Water, Sanitation and Health (WASH) project implemented by Hope-Sierra Leone in Bombali Shebora Chiefdom, has resulted to the construction of twenty latrines in schools situated in ten communities to address the issue of open defecation, in a bid to curb poor hygiene in the chiefdom. Past week, a consortium of five NGOs working as […]

His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has paid glowing tribute to the outstanding role played by the Peace Corps in not just his academic life, but the life of most Sierra Leoneans in the country. He noted that the volunteers were coming into the country at a time when the expectations of the people are […]

The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sierra Leone (ICASL) over the weekend concluded its 25th Anniversary celebration with the award of certificates to its members at a dinner at the Bank Complex, Kingtom. In his background to the establishment of the Institute, the President, Claudius Williams-Tucker explained that it was established in 1988 by an […]

The Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) last Friday signed an agreement with the Star Times to change from broadcasting with an analog system to digital technology. The ceremony took place at the studio of the broadcasting house, which attracted Board members of the Corporation and staff members.Star Communication Network Technology (star times) and the SLBC […]

Ghana emerged winners of the “2013 African Nations Cup, UK” after beating Sierra Leone 1-0 in the grand finale last Sunday at the Upton Park, West Ham in London.Defender Jones Donkor was Ghana’s goal hero, scoring after 85th minute when he jumped above everybody to head home from a corner kick to send sent Ghanaian […]

Kismayu-(Mareeg.com)-heavy artilleries hit bases belonging to the Sierra Leon troops in the lower Juba regions as Alshabab troops attacked the new Amisom peace keeping force in the lower Juba region of Somalia. The AMISOM bases in Taabto were attacked using RPGs by Alshabab fighters last night. Taabto residents said that they heard deafening sounds during […]

We want to put thousands of open education materials available on the internet and those developed by trained local teachers in Sierra Leone base on their curriculum in the hands of students and teachers mainly in communities/districts/towns/villages/chiefdoms were textbooks, electricity, internet, computers, science labs are libraries are not reliable or existing. The Problem  Many students […]

Major palm oil grower Golden Veroleum plans to invest up to $1.6 billion in Sierra Leone in what promises to be the second largest investment in the industry here. The subsidiary of the US-based Verdant Fund LP, which is controlled by the Singapore-listed palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources, is eying over half a million hectares […]