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Sierra Leone’s Transport and Aviation Minister, Leonard Balogun Koroma has informed officials of China Railway International Ltd, a Chinese company charged with the construction of a new airport in Mamamah. In the Port Loko district, that the airport project is currently a top priority project for the Government of President Ernest Bai Koroma and for […]

The Nuclear Science Laboratory, Department of Physics, Fourah Bay College has been defunct for the past 30 years, owing to the lack of needed equipment to kick-start the lab which deals mainly with radiation and its attendant problems. Quite apart from the unavailability of equipment to furnish and refurbish the Nuclear Science Department since that […]

The Minister of Water Resources, Momodu Maligie, has said that his ministry has braced itself up with a robust roadmap that will challenge the Millennium Development Goal of ensuring at least 74% access to clean and safety water by 2015. The Conference Hall of the Ministry of Water Resources situated at 127 Kuku Drive, off […]

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — An official of the west African nation of Sierra Leone is calling on the Spanish government to pay reparations to his country and New Haven over the revolt of African slaves aboard the Amistad. The New Haven Register reports ( ) that Alpha Kanu, a presidential spokesman, said New Haven […]

Michael Lamboi smiles. He likes his new nickname, although its power and significance is lost on those who only know the likeable 23-year-old as a football player at San Bernardino Valley College. “Hey, Africa, it’s time for practice.” “Africa, are these your pads?” https://blog.pe.com/college-sports/2013/09/21/football-the-journey-out-of-africa/

Like many children in Sierra Leone, 13-year-old Kadiatu Kamara lost both her parents in the country’s decade-long civil war. But she is one of the lucky ones. Not only has she been given the chance of an ­education, she no longer has to fear the daily threat of rape – because her school is one […]

A Sierra Leonean, Dr. Mohamed Sheriff was among the proud winners of this year’s UN 21 Award in the Category of “Efficiency”.This was announced by the United Nations Secretary General Ban ki Moon at a ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Friday, 13 September 2013. Dr Sheriff is currently working for […]

In a bid to prepare students for the job market, the University of Sierra Leone in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme has commenced a three-day Professional seminar for awaiting grandaunts of the three constituent colleges. According to the Public Relations Officer of the University of Sierra Leone, Lola Aforo, the Professional Seminar is […]

Two Chinese construction companies have won the bid to construct first-class water facilities for three cities of Bo, Kenema and Makeni, with a grant of Sixty-One Million United States Dollars, spearheaded by the Sierra Leone Water Company (SALWACO). Contract for the one-year six months water project was yesterday signed at the conference room of the […]

Backpackers – not just from Europe but from West Africa, too – could provide the boost Sierra Leone’s tourism needs, if enough natural beauty remains. Once prized for its pristine beaches, Sierra Leone used to be an attractive destination for tourists from around West Africa and beyond. Today, competition from other countries, poaching, deforestation, sand […]