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Leone Stars striker Kei Kamara has received the 2012 sierraleonefootball.com Sierra Leonean player of the year award five months after he was announced as the winner of the maiden prestigious award by living legend Mohamed Kallon. The 28-year old based in the USA picked up the award in a ceremony chaired by popular Sports presenter […]

African Union Mission in Somalia’s (AMISOM) Senior Public Information Officer, Mr. Eloi Yao has commended Sierra Leone for being the first country outside East Africa to deploy its troops. He made this disclosure at a two-day communications workshop organized by the AMISOM in Kampala, Uganda over the weekend. The workshop was attended by 59 participants […]

SIERRA LEONE and RUSSIA – Sierra Leone’s Ambassador, John Sahr Yambasu, has confirmed that a fisheries agreement will be signed between Sierra Leone and Russia in Moscow in June/July 2013. Awareness Times reports that the ambassador made the announcement during a plenary meeting between the two countries. At the meeting, Ambassador Yambasu said that the fisheries […]

Ambassador, Dr. Christian Sheka Kargbo (in photo) has finally left Brussels for Freetown, bringing to an end his five year tour of duties as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Kingdom of Belgium and Head of Mission to the European Commission. He left Brussels yesterday, Friday, June 7th on board Brussels Airlines after surrendering his Diplomatic […]

President Ernest Koroma has said that all district and chiefdom headquarters in Sierra Leone will soon enjoy constant electricity. The President made the statement on his return from a very successful trip to Japan. Already, district headquarters like Magburaka, Portloko and Kailahun have street lights powered by solar energy. Hydro and solar energy supply are […]

Sierra Leone has blown probably their only chance to get back into the 2014 FIFA World Cup Group B after carelessly conceding late to North African leaders Tunisia in Freetown. The Tunisians equalised late to pick up a vital away point after Kei Kamara and Alhassan Kamara twice put Sierra Leone in front, but it […]

JOB PURPOSE:  To provide day to day pro-active and professional administrative support to the Sierra Leone country programme team ensuring a conducive working environment in the Oxfam office for all staff and visitors.  Plus, provide support to all overseas visitors to Sierra Leone. LOCATION:  Freetown, Sierra Leone CONTRACT LENGTH: 1 year REPORTING LINES: Postholder reports […]

If you watched it in a movie, you would say that the script was too far fetched but the extraordinary story of Johnny McKinstry is true.   At just 27, this week the Lisburn native will take charge of Sierra Leone in a World Cup qualifier and this despite having never played or coached football at professional […]

At the request of the Government of Sierra Leone and in coordination with the Libyan authorities and the Sierra Leonean embassy, IOM has helped 35 Sierra Leonean migrants stranded in Libya to voluntarily return home from the south of the country. IOM worked with a local NGO partner to bring the migrants to Tripoli from […]

Mogadishu, 1 June 2013:Mareeg.com- The African Union Mission in Somalia has welcomed some members of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) to the Mission Headquarters in Mogadishu.AMISOM Force Commander, Lieutenant General Andrew Gutti; Sierra Leone Contingent Commander, Colonel Mamadi Keita and senior AMISOM officers welcomed the troops off the plane at Mogadishu Airport before […]