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The amazing story of the traditional songs and dances, passed down over hundreds of years, that have tied a small Caribbean ethnic group to a remote African tribe   Chief Mabadu Pokawa can hardly believe it. His voice wavering somewhere between astonishment and hope, he asks whether I recorded the songs and dances he is […]

Milla Group the leading plastic manufacturing company in the country at Bai Bureh Road, Fisher Lane, Kissy, has unveiled new plastic products such as PVC pipes for plumbing, water tanks, plastic chairs and other household plastic wares.   (Photo: Milla Group Made in Sierra Leone products on display at the National Stadium International Trade fair and Exhibition […]

A song ‘Jesus I love you’ is among nine songs in a album title ‘ba lai tima’ a phrase in Mende, meaning ‘don’t listen to them’ done by a Sierra Leonean, Augustine Conteh, based in the United States of America, is to be launched in Freetown soon.In an interview, Augustine Conteh aka ‘ Master Augie’ […]

The Sierra Leone Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (SLANGO) has received a computer laptop and laser-jet printer from the International Rescue Committee (IRC) as logistic support to the organization’s finance department.The donation is geared towards facilitating administrative activities at SLANGO, especially its effort to promote the agenda of both local and international NGOs registered in the […]

An ex-paratrooper says he is confident he can beat a world record at Sunday’s London Marathon – by running with a 40lb (18kg) pack in 3 hours 20 minutes. Mike Ellicock was blown up on a special forces operation to save UK hostages in Sierra Leone, only surviving because he was wearing body armour. The […]

Amara Denis Turay, aka  Kao Denero, has commended the Government  and the Sierra Leone Police (SLP) force for lifting the ban on his proposed concert. The rapper thanked the Government for reversing their decision earlier which prevented his stadium concert scheduled for April 6th. It could be recalled that the Sierra Leone Police issued a […]

A team from the Nigeria Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), led by Boboye Oyeyemi is currently in Sierra Leone on a week-long visit to assess the road safety situation in the country. In a briefing with the Vice President at his office in Freetown yesterday, the Executive Director Sierra Leone Road Transport Authority (SLRTA) Dr […]

The Supreme Court of Sierra Leone held its first sitting on Wednesday to hear the much-anticipated petition challenging the 2012 presidential election results. The petition was filed by the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) in November last year, just days after incumbent president Ernest Bai Koroma was declared winner with 59 per cent of […]

Health, education sectors in Sierra Leone – ECOWAS has announced plans to deploy 40 volunteers to Sierra Leone to support the country’s health and education sectors, according to a statement issued here Monday by the West African regional bloc. It said ‘To this end, a delegation of the ECOWAS Volunteers Programme (EVP) Regional Office, led […]

An 18-year-old ballerina who was orphaned in war-torn Sierra Leone at the age of three, fulfilled a childhood dream on Wednesday night as she played the lead in Swan Lake at the Lincoln Center. Michaela DePrince took to the stage at the prestigious New York venue and performed an excerpt from the ballet, which saw her embody the evil […]