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There are some things in life that only become relevant when you’re hammered with its importance every day–and then you wonder how anyone can ignore it. Such is the case forDavid Sengeh, a PhD student at MIT who grew up during Sierra Leone’s 11 year-long civil war. Sengeh was there when up to 11,000 people–in […]

The Attitudinal and Behavioral Change (ABC) Secretariat has on Tuesday,11th February, 2014 engaged the Prince of Wales Secondary School, Freetown Secondary School for Girls, Methodist Girls’ High School and Ahmadiyya Secondary School in a training as agents of change for Western Area schools at the Atlantic Hall, (National Stadium Hostel). (Photo: Cross Section of the Pupil Participants) […]

Ausenco has won the contract for the expansion of the Tonkolili iron ore mine’s process plant. The project, in Sierra Leone, will see it provide Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) for phase 2 of the expansion, which involves the process plant and related infrastructure. https://www.miningaustralia.com.au/news/ausenco-wins-iron-ore-process-plant-contract-1

The ruling All Peoples Congress led Government of His Excellency the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has promised to uphold all of its financial commitments towards the success of Sierra Leone’s 2014 Population and Housing Census. The actual counting is slated from 6th to 19th December 2014 but the process itself was launched on Tuesday […]

  It has been officially confirmed that some 70 Sierra Leoneans have been ordered out of the United Kingdom by the British Immigration Department after proving to have no legal status to stay in the country. British and Sierra Leonean immigration officials have already signed a Memorandum of Understanding in London to have them deported […]

Diamonds have long been the world’s most precious gemstones, admired universally for their strength and beauty. And while the stone in your engagement ring or diamond necklace may be millions of years old, The odds are that it was recovered fairly recently from the depths of the earth in an African diamond mine. https://www.kirotv.com/news/lifestyles/shopping/incredible-diamonds-just-found-africa/ndMH2/

Sierra Leone Athletics Association, (SLAA) are planning to launch Kids Athletics program for young athlete in the country. The maiden event is expected to start in Western Area in February, 2014 and continue in the other regions of the country following a successful launch in Freetown. https://awoko.org/2014/02/12/sierra-leone-sports-slaa-is-planning-to-launch-kids-athletics/  

Two hundred and eighty pupils (280) will benefit from this year’s Choithram Scholarship Fund, which distribution will commence today (Monday) at the Youth Centre at Garrison Street. The beneficiaries are drawn from 73 primary schools, 94 Junior Secondary Schools and 113 in the Senior Secondary School, and also three special need  https://awoko.org/2014/02/10/sierra-leone-news-choithram-doles-out-le125m-scholarship/

A UK registered Charity organization in Sierra Leone, Dorothy Springer Trust (DST), on Friday, officially unveiled their new offices at 8 Pultney Street in Freetown. The aim of the charity is to transform the lives of people with disabilities in Sierra Leone by preparing them for skilled employment through the provision of a training scholarship […]

As the annual national mental health care operational manual for 2014 has been launched by the ministry of health and sanitation, the National Mental Health Programme Director, Dr. Andrew Muana has called for increased capacity and collaboration which will further improve mental health care delivery in the country. He made this call in an interview […]