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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

The Cartage Eagles of Tunisia (in photo) secured their place in the knockout stage on the road to Brazil when they played 1-1 draw at the Estadio de Malabo on Sunday against host Equatorial Guinea. Equatorial Guinea registered their opening goal from the spot by Juvenal in the 36th minute; however the North Africans levelled […]

Leone Stars have been thrown out of the race to go through to the next round of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying after a 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Blue Sharks of Cape Verde in the penultimate round of qualifiers in Praia on Saturday. The team conceded an early goal in the 12th […]

African Minerals Ltd. (AMI), studying a $2 billion iron-ore mine expansion in Sierra Leone, is considering acquisitions in commodities such as copper and steelmaking raw materials. “There are significant opportunities in West Africa, across commodities and across countries, that we will be extremely well-positioned to take advantage of,” Chief Executive Officer Keith Calder said in […]