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President of Affinity Telecom Worldwide, Anthony Melhem, has revealed that Sierra Leone will soon benefit from free internet facility that will be serving the capital city Freetown, and the provincial cities of Bo, Kenema. and Makeni. The country, he said, will benefit from the facility through Affinity Telecom Worldwide which  will be launched in Freetown […]

The African Union Mission in Somalia has welcomed members of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) who have joined AMISOM. An advance team from the Sierra Leonean contingent arrived today in Somalia. The battalion-strong contingent will be deploying shortly into southern Somalia where they will operate alongside the Kenyan contingent. The Sierra Leonean […]

Our immediate impressions of Tiwai Island, a wildlife sanctuary/research facility and community-led conservation initiative in Sierra Leone’s southeast, weren’t the best: Here we found ourselves on a hot, buggy tropical island in the isolated Moa River, with two very quiet nights ahead. The common area for guests, a large domed, open-sided solar-powered hut in the middle […]

A little over a decade ago, Sierra Leone was in the grip of a brutal civil war that tore the country apart. Today, the economy is on the mend and it’s moving forward with reconciliation and reconstruction. Host Michel Martin speaks to Sierra Leone’s president Ernest Bai Koroma to find out more about his challenges […]

The International Military Training and Advisory Team Sierra Leone (IMATT) formally ends its mission in Sierra Leone on 31 March, 2013.  Its successor, the International Security Advisory Team Sierra Leone (ISAT) formally begins its mission on 1 April, 2013. IMATT has provided training, support and advice to the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) […]

The peacekeeping contingent from Sierra Leone to Somalia will be deployed to Kismayu town, 500km south of Mogadishu, an official said. Colonel Ali Aden Hamud, the spokesman of the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom), stated Thursday that the deployment of the 850 soldiers to the capital of the Lower Juba region would take place […]

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — The head of Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission says that 29 government health officials will appear in court on corruption charges for having allegedly defrauded the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s vaccine program.   Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara told The Associated Press that the government’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Kisito Sheku Daoh, […]

Washington — Sierra Leone President Ernest Bai Koroma told an audience at Peace Corps headquarters in Washington March 27 that the work of Peace Corps volunteers has made a great impact on him. Koroma spoke a day before meeting with President Obama at the White House, along with President Macky Sall of Senegal, President Joyce […]

The Sierra Leone coach Lars Olof Mattsson has quit his post after two years in charge of the team but there is confusion over his resignation. The 58-year old Swedish manager claims he has already tendered his letter of resignation to both the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) and the Sports ministry. But the two […]

Wang Boren, a Chinese global cyclist, was in Sierra Leone in March this year.The cyclist rode from China alone by bicycle, and Sierra Leone was just one of his numerous stops on his long odyssey. When he set his foot in the country, the cyclist was immediately fascinated by the beautiful scenery and friendly people. […]