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FREETOWN, 8 Jan (Reuters) – Scuffles broke out at service stations in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown on Tuesday after the government restricted fuel deliveries to deal with a shortage threatening to bring the West African nation to a halt. Trade Minister Richard Conteh blamed the scarcity of fuel on an unexpected halt to shipments from […]

As a way of complementing President Ernest Bai Koroma’s Agenda for Prosperity, patriotic youths of Constituency 105 in the Mountain Cut Area, Freetown, have embarked on a self-help project. Youths in this area are busy rehabilitating the network of roads in that community. They have already rehabilitated Fighter Lane, Tarltton Lane and the Percival Lane. […]

Filmmakers in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown are on a roll, shooting and screening. Conspicuous on the streets of the West African capital are colourful film posters. With more movies of local releases, the country’s directors are featuring on the red carpet more often and there is a growing enthusiasm. A few years ago, Sierra Leonean […]

Miriam Mason-Sesay has been awarded an MBE for her work as country director of EducAid, a charity which runs schools for some of the poorest children in Sierra Leone. Miriam has lived in the country since 2000, initially visiting in 1998 to work with the Guinea-based refugees fleeing the horrific civil war. Many of the […]

The most daunting and critical challenges our nation faces today is the energy sector, which is the engine of economic growth for any modern society. The government of President Koroma, almost five years later, has not sufficiently delivered the expanded coverage needed to increase access to electricity in the rural communities and across the country. […]

Director of the National Aids Secretariat Dr Brima Kargbo has disclosed that the Global Fund has donated forty-nine million dollars to support HIV/AIDS activities in Sierra Leone. He made this disclosure in the opening of a three day workshop yesterday at the YWCA Hall at Brookfields in Freetown. Dr Kargbo noted that the donation is […]

A patrol boat which was gifted to Sierra Leone earlier this year is helping to stamp down on illegal fishing. The fisheries vessel ‘Panther’ was donated by the government in September after becoming surplus to requirements. Last week the Sierra Leone Minister for Fisheries and Marine Resources, Dr Kabia, revealed that the boat had made […]

First impressions of what to expect in Sierra Leone were not encouraging. The Sierra Leone High Commission in the UK, where tourists are required to apply for visas, is on a narrow street in central London. The reception area was dark and shabby. Visa applicants were directed along a gloomy passage to an official sitting […]

Freetown, Sierra Leone, December 17, 2012 — 76 paralegals from 5 non-governmental organisations have benefitted from several 3 day trainings facilitated by the University of Makeni since the start of 2012. With support from the the German Government through its implementing agency “German International Cooperation” (GIZ) and the global legal empowerment organisation NAMATI, the law […]

Ever since he was a child growing up in Sierra Leone, Abdul Razak has found himself drawn to art. Razak, 25, of Takoma Park recently recalled how, as he walked to school in the morning, he would pass by and admire the pictures and statues of local artists on the street., https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/from-sierra-leone-to-takoma-park-artist-pursues-lifelong-passion/2012/12/12/25d94298-43cc-11e2-8e70-e1993528222d_story.html