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A boomtown is rising in the jungle- covered mountains of Sierra Leone. Bumbuna, estimated population 12,000, just got a new bank. A growing Sunday congregation spills out from underneath blue tarps that serve as a makeshift church. In hills where armed men once abducted children, school kids now get coloring books featuring a smiling bulldozer […]

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World football governing body Fifa has finally announced its ‘normalisation committee’ for the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA). The five-man team will be headed by a one time SLFA executive Alie Fornah, and it has six months to conduct fresh elections.   The committee will be responsible for the daily business of the association, taking […]

The Sierra Leone Police Force (SLP) will be hosting a six days conference of the 7th African Contact Officers Network of Interpol in March 2013. Director of Interpol Department, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Mohamed Yansaneh. said that the meeting in Freetown will discuss and highlight many issues relating to the improvement and establishment of […]

World’s football governing body, Fifa has named an interim body to run the daily business of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) for a six-month period until new elections are held next year. The interim body comprises of five people and is led by Alie Fornah, a former executive member of the SLFA. A statement […]

DRAPER, UT — (Marketwire) — 12/05/12 — Gold and GemStone Mining Inc. (OTCQB: GGSM), a gold and diamond exploration and development stage mining company focused on Sierra Leone, West Africa, has commented today on the growing economic opportunity within the mining industry of the Country in which it plans for full scale alluvial mining operations […]

Nursing staff at the Penn Hospital in Wolverhampton, West Midlands in the UK have, for the second year running, donated second hand clothing and books to residents of Jaiama Sewafe. Last year, a consignment of clothes, shoes and books were sent to residents for distribution gratis. Grateful residents expressed their thanks and appreciation for the […]

His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has received the leadership of the Sierra Leone’s People Party (SLPP) in audience at State House, Freetown. In his brief welcome address, the newly re-elected Fountain of Honour and indomitable Father of the Nation said that he is welcoming the SLPP in his capacity as President of Sierra Leone […]

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 30 — The UN Security Council on Friday called upon all political parties and candidates in Sierra Leone to accept the results of the Nov. 17 elections and work with the government “in a constructive manner.” A presidential statement, adopted here by the 15-nation UN body, said, “The Security Council calls upon […]

Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Bai Koroma has the won the presidential election with almost 59% of the votes cast. This results means that no run off is needed because he surpasses the 55% required to be declared the winner. His main opponent, former military ruler Julius Maada Bio, took 38% of the ballots in a […]