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President Ernest Bai Koroma will appear on the 2013 edition of the TIME MAGAZINE as one of its 100 most influential persons in the world.The April 2013 edition of the TIME will mark the publication’s 10th anniversary, and President Koroma becomes the first Sierra Leonean President to attain such an international recognition as TIME’s 100 […]

The World Bank’s analysis of Africa’s economies which is published in Africa’s Pulse has placed Sierra Leone on top of China as one of the world’s fastest growing economies.Authored by the Chief Economist of the World Bank with data from the Development Prospects Group Sierra Leone was ranked top among the list of “fastest growing […]

BANJUL, The Gambia–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Travel within West Africa and to Europe has just become even easier to book: all flights by Gambia Bird can now be booked online through the airline’s website. Customers can search for seats either for a specific travel date or in a “low fare calendar” which displays the cheapest tickets for […]

Studio apartment in Brookfields, walking distance from Youyi Building. This property is great if you’re in town for a medium period of time. Comes with services including generator, cook and TV.       

A Wimbledon singer with an inspirational story will perform a free gig next month. Lead singer Yasmin Kadi of Kadi and the Trix fled Sierra Leone 17 years ago during the civil war. She won a scholarship to a Chiswick stage school and worked as an actress in a number of West End musicals before […]

The amazing story of the traditional songs and dances, passed down over hundreds of years, that have tied a small Caribbean ethnic group to a remote African tribe   Chief Mabadu Pokawa can hardly believe it. His voice wavering somewhere between astonishment and hope, he asks whether I recorded the songs and dances he is […]

Milla Group the leading plastic manufacturing company in the country at Bai Bureh Road, Fisher Lane, Kissy, has unveiled new plastic products such as PVC pipes for plumbing, water tanks, plastic chairs and other household plastic wares.   (Photo: Milla Group Made in Sierra Leone products on display at the National Stadium International Trade fair and Exhibition […]

A song ‘Jesus I love you’ is among nine songs in a album title ‘ba lai tima’ a phrase in Mende, meaning ‘don’t listen to them’ done by a Sierra Leonean, Augustine Conteh, based in the United States of America, is to be launched in Freetown soon.In an interview, Augustine Conteh aka ‘ Master Augie’ […]

The Sierra Leone Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (SLANGO) has received a computer laptop and laser-jet printer from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) as logistic support to the organization’s finance department.The donation is geared towards facilitating administrative activities at SLANGO, especially its effort to promote the agenda of both local and international NGOs registered in the […]

An ex-paratrooper says he is confident he can beat a world record at Sunday’s London Marathon – by running with a 40lb (18kg) pack in 3 hours 20 minutes. Mike Ellicock was blown up on a special forces operation to save UK hostages in Sierra Leone, only surviving because he was wearing body armour. The […]