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The Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC) last Friday signed an agreement with the Star Times to change from broadcasting with an analog system to digital technology. The ceremony took place at the studio of the broadcasting house, which attracted Board members of the Corporation and staff members.Star Communication Network Technology (star times) and the SLBC […]

Ghana emerged winners of the “2013 African Nations Cup, UK” after beating Sierra Leone 1-0 in the grand finale last Sunday at the Upton Park, West Ham in London.Defender Jones Donkor was Ghana’s goal hero, scoring after 85th minute when he jumped above everybody to head home from a corner kick to send sent Ghanaian […]

Kismayu-(Mareeg.com)-heavy artilleries hit bases belonging to the Sierra Leon troops in the lower Juba regions as Alshabab troops attacked the new Amisom peace keeping force in the lower Juba region of Somalia. The AMISOM bases in Taabto were attacked using RPGs by Alshabab fighters last night. Taabto residents said that they heard deafening sounds during […]

We want to put thousands of open education materials available on the internet and those developed by trained local teachers in Sierra Leone base on their curriculum in the hands of students and teachers mainly in communities/districts/towns/villages/chiefdoms were textbooks, electricity, internet, computers, science labs are libraries are not reliable or existing. The Problem  Many students […]

Major palm oil grower Golden Veroleum plans to invest up to $1.6 billion in Sierra Leone in what promises to be the second largest investment in the industry here. The subsidiary of the US-based Verdant Fund LP, which is controlled by the Singapore-listed palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources, is eying over half a million hectares […]

I have listened to many Sports Commentators advancing reasons why sports in general and in particular, football, continue to take a nose dive in international competitions.But what they’ve failed to realize is the simple fact that sports cannot progress in this country of ours when we do not have a sports policy that is expected […]

While the world prays for the return to good health for ageing former South African President Nelson Mandela, Africa caught its breath in realising that at long last, its own has emerged as an international icon.It took a long time in coming though but it has come at last….a specular figure that has caught on […]

Former Head of UNIDO operations in Sierra Leone, Dr. Stephen Bainous Kargbo (in photo), has started work at the UNIDO Regional Office in Ethiopia following a competitive and rigorous selection process. The office in Ethiopia headed by a UNIDO Representative and Regional Director covers the four countries of Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi and also […]

GLADWIN – Brittany Roggow says that eventually she would like to join the Peace Corps and work in underdeveloped nations. The adventure she embarks on Thursday, then, might be considered a test run. The Alma College sophomore pre-med major is headed out to a hospital in Sierra Leone through Posey Global, where she will have […]

(Nairobi) – The Sierra Leone authorities should open a criminal investigation of a suspected arms supplier for his alleged involvement in international crimes during Sierra Leone’s civil war. This would be Sierra Leone’s first purely domestic prosecution in relation to war crimes or crimes against humanity committed during its 11-year armed conflict, which ended in 2002.  https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/06/19/sierra-leone-investigate-alleged-rebel-arms-supplier