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  FREETOWN (Reuters) – Irishman Johnny McKinstry has been appointed as the coach of Sierra Leone on a short-term contract until the end of their World Cup qualifiers in September. McKinstry has been working in the west African country for the last two years forCraig Bellamy Foundation, which runs an academy and a league for youth teams. Sierra Leone FA said […]

Today the Sierra Leone National Carrier (SLNC) is expected to be launched at the Miatta Conference Hall by President Ernest Bai Koroma.In a Press Briefing yesterday, the General Manager of the SLNC at their Head Office at Aberdeen in Freetown, Rulle Bamie Turay said that the official launch of the company’s project will take place […]

On the 3rd  of April, 2013, the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, H.E. Ernest Bai Koroma, issued a stern warning to ‘investors’ that would be granted land  leases  by government  to spawn some marketable investment – from tourism to mining – but, would fail to utilize such lands for legally agreed purposes; he […]

Nigeria’s biggest carrier, Arik Air is providing technical support to the government of Sierra Leone to establish a national carrier, known as Leone Airways. The new airline, which may start operation in June this year will have all the appurtenances of a national airline and will be operating international, regional and local destinations as it […]

An unknown Irishman Jonathan Mckinstry has been installed as caretaker coach of Sierra Leone. He replaces Sweden’s Lars Olof Mattsson who resigned a few weeks ago. Mckinstry’s appointment came after a meeting between the Sierra Leone FA and officials from the sports ministry. The Irishman – who has no previous coaching experience in Africa – […]

A giant cement factory is expected to start operation in Sierra Leone in the next few months. Using sophisticated modern machinery, the coming factory, CT-CEM, will be producing 250,000 metric tons of modern standard cement per annum to meet the demands of Sierra Leoneans. This was recently revealed by the factory’s General Manager, Oliver Albrecht, […]

I watched SLBC TV on Tuesday, 9th April and heard the Lands Minister, Hon. Musa Tarawallie talk about plans by government to transform Lungi into Sierra Leone’s commercial city. This is encouraging news, given its strategic location especially from the viewpoint of trade. Sierra Leone’s development growth has been reflective in a range of areas. […]

(Reuters) – Iron ore miner African Minerals Ltd said it expected a surge in output this year as it continued to ramp up production at its flagship Tonkolili mine in Sierra Leone.

With funds from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), Society for Knowledge Management-Sierra Leone (SKMSL) has successfully trained data enumerators in Freetown to embark on a knowledge exchange survey of civil society organizations in Magburaka, in the Tonkolili District, and in Freetown which have been identified to donors as pilot places. As trainer […]

President of Affinity Telecom Worldwide, Anthony Melhem, has revealed that Sierra Leone will soon benefit from free internet facility that will be serving the capital city Freetown, and the provincial cities of Bo, Kenema. and Makeni. The country, he said, will benefit from the facility through Affinity Telecom Worldwide which  will be launched in Freetown […]