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A Memory This Size and Other StoriesThe Caine Prize for African Writing 2013Jacana New InternationalistBOOK REVIEWER: Margaret von Klemperer THIS solid and attractively produced book contains the five short-listed stories for this year’s Caine Prize, four from Nigerian writers and one from Sierra Leone. The winner is Nigeria’s Tope Folarin.  https://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global%5B_id%5D=108385

The International Monetary Fund said on Monday it had approved Sierra Leone for a $96 million (59.5 million pounds), three-year enhanced credit facility to support economic development and poverty reduction in the West African nation. “Sierra Leone has achieved strong macroeconomic gains,” said IMF Deputy Managing Director Min Zhu, citing robust growth, higher iron production, […]

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leone’s government says Russia’s Lukoil has completed its first exploration well off the coast of the West African nation, confirming the presence of “high-quality oil.” In a statement issued late Monday, the government congratulated Lukoil and said a full appraisal of the amount of potential oil would be completed by […]

Zainab Hawa Bangura, the United Nations Special Envoy on Sexual Violence in Conflict, will visit the University of Wisconsin–. Madison campus on November 6 and 7, with an itinerary that includes two public talks and informal meetings with students. https://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/62050

FREETOWN: President Ernest Bai Koroma received the British Minister for Africa, Mr. Mark Simmonds (in photo) at State House in Freetown, during a courtesy call. President Koroma thanked the British government for the support given to Sierra Leone during the difficult days, and disclosed that government is moving the country forward, always realizing that Britain […]

We hear a lot about austerity and have just suffered another unpleasant budget, but despite the economic realities faced by many hundreds of thousands of people

 Stellar Diamonds plc, operating in West Africa, has carried out the first blast in its bulk sampling program of its 100-percent owned Tongo kimberlite dyke project in eastern Sierra Leone. The firm said the first ore blast was completed successfully and on schedule and it was aiming for a diamond parcel of up to 2,000 […]

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Memuna Mansaray McShane has many stories: some she remembers, some she doesn’t, some she’ll tell you, some others will tell for her. There are the stories people tell about her, and the story she’s trying to write herself. Memuna, a 17-year-old soccer player at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Potomac, doesn’t remember her story the […]

Head coach of the Sierra Leone national U-20 women’s team Hannah Williams is confident her side will be able to create a surprise when they face the Falconets in Abuja for a qualifier ahead of the women’s World Cup to be played in Canada next year. Williams was speaking after her charges beat Western Combined […]