China extols Salone’s development potentials

Paul A.S Minah, discussing with Chairman Wang

By John Baimba Sesay, Press Attaché, Sierra Leone Embassy, Beijing China

Paul A.S Minah, discussing with Chairman Wang

The Chairman for International Business Civilian Development Association (IBCDA) in China, has said that Sierra Leone’s development potentials are great and that the country being rich in mineral resources now has the [...]

Nesto the Gentle Giant making giant strides in development -Part 1

Abraham Karl Samura

By Abraham Karl Samura Author Cell: 078-955-166

Abraham Karl Samura

I have wondered on many occasions why some people just refuse to accept reality. Why do people who are often perceived as rational and lucid, degenerate to such levels of mediocrity that you begin to wonder if they are truly the ones displaying such [...]

Young people engage in peace building and development campaign

Herbert Bangura Executive Director Young Peace Builders Sierra Leone

By Maddieu A. A. T. Kabbah

Herbert Bangura Executive Director Young Peace Builders Sierra Leone

On November 19 this year, forty five young people from different secondary schools and communities converged at the headquarters of Young Peace Builders at Peter Lane in  Freetown where the undertook a one day training session for peace building [...]

MY VIEW: NATIONAL CONFERENCE AND THE PEOPLE’S QUESTION

Theo Nicol

by Theo Nicol

Early this month, I was invited by the National Conference for Transformation and Development Secretariat to attend one of the many consultative meetings they are holding across the country. This one was with media managers at the former UN building and it was well attended with many editors and station managers [...]

Cluff Gold Company sponsors Sierra Leone Trade and Investment Forum

Mr Alusine Jalloh, Country Manager, Cluff Gold

Country Manager of Cluff Gold Company in Sierra Leone, Mr. Alusine Jalloh

Cluff Gold Company with operations at Baomahun has provided financial support to the Sierra Leone Trade and Investment Partnership Forum aimed at showcasing the country’s enormous resources and investment opportunities.

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Amnesty Visits Wangkley Temne Village

Amnesty International

By Ayodele Lewis

The African Human Rights Education (AHRE) Department of Amnesty International Sierra Leone, on Friday, November 4 this year paid a visit to Wangkley Temne, in the Makoroba Section, Tonkolili District, North of the country.

Addressing the inhabitants of the village, the team head, Mr. Henry Tucker, said the visit was to assess [...]

UN Joint Vision trains Statisticians

Ibrahim Sesay-UN Joint Vision Representative

By Zainab Kanu

Ibrahim Sesay-UN Joint Vision Representative

The United Nations Joint Vision in Sierra Leone is presently conducting a week long training for officers of Statistics Sierra Leone and Monitoring and Evaluation Officers working for various Local Councils in the country.

The session which is being held at the Hotel 5-10 at Kissy [...]

MY VIEW: AND TRAIN RETURNS TO SALONE

Theo Nicol

by Theo Nicol

Theo Nicol

I think it was in the early 1970s or so that the last train trip was made in this country and since then, until last week, train was a closed issue here and many of the young people today have never heard that blaring sound from the horns of [...]