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20 May 2013.  Kalamazoo, Michigan – Vice Chancellors Professor Abu Sesay of Njala University and Professor Jonas Redwood-Sawyerr of the University of Sierra Leone have been the focus of much academic attention in Kalamazoo, Michigan (USA) where they recently met with US and Diaspora colleagues to develop an action agenda for “Reconnecting the Academy in […]

Partners in Relief and Development Sierra Leone (PaRD SL) at 3 Big Waterloo Street. Freetown has successfully led a consortium together with Cotton Tree Foundation (CTF), and Christian Community Development Programme (CCDP), to design and implement an integrated programme of employable skills by training 3,000 rural youth in eight districts across the country.  (Vulnerable rural […]

Sales assistant required to work behind the counter at a general provision store in Freetown.   Salary attractive. Opportunity for job growth within the group. To apply, send letter and CV to info@jobsearchsl.com

Kansas City, MO – infoZine – Sporting Kansas City forwards Kei Kamara and Soony Saad were selected by their respective National Teams for upcoming international matches, the club announced on Friday. Kamara will join Sierra Leone from June 2-17 for FIFA World Cup Qualifiers versus Tunisia and Cape Verde Islands, while Saad will join the […]

Cape Lambert Resources has been granted an Environmental License for its flagship Marampa iron ore project in Sierra Leone.Importantly, the licence enables the company to apply for a Mining Licence over the project, a process which is expected to take about three months. This will significantly de-risk the Marampa project and clear the way for […]

The Social Development Department of the World Bank, in collaboration with the Government of Sierra Leone through the National Youth Commission, has revealed a study entitled: Justice or Inclusion: understanding the drivers of youth violence in Sierra Leone”.The study, which started last year, proffered several recommendations geared towards curbing the spate of violence in the […]

A COUPLE from York have moved to Sierra Leone to help provide vital care for women giving birth. Andrea and Paul Robinson, both 55 and from Dringhouses, are heading up an American organisation in Bo, the country’s second city. The west African country has one of the world’s highest infant mortality rates and many women die […]

A college tutor from North Ockendon is to pound the streets of Sierra Leone in aid of Streetchild. Father-of-two Daniel Raffo, who works as a sports BTEC teacher at Nescot in Epsom, Surrey, will run a marathon on May 26 in memory of childhood friend, Lance Corporal Nicky Mason. Read more:  https://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/Essex-teacher-run-Sierra-Leone-marathon-memory/story-18972117-detail/story.html#ixzz2TGTf03xh 

Sierra Leone and China have signed an agreement to implement multiple projects worth over $6 billion mainly in the mining and industrial sectors of the post-conflict nation. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Sierra Leone`s Minister of Mines and Mineral Resources and the head of the China Kingho Energy Group Company. The Chinese company […]

London Mining (LON:LOND) produced record amounts of iron ore from its Marampa mine in Sierra Leone in the past three months as its ramp-up gathered momentum. Output totalled 706,000 wet metric tonnes (wmt) in the three months to March, a 29% increase on the previous three months while sales rose 52% to 589,000 wmt. Average daily […]