Salone gets another chance at Big Brother

Dr. Adonis Aboud

After an extraordinary performance and grabbing the highest votes in last year’s Big Brother showpiece in South Africa, Sierra Leone is again set to make her presence felt in the upcoming event.

Speaking at the special ceremony, ‘Celebrate Africa with DSTV in May” hosted at the TAIA Resort, the Chief Executive [...]

Sierra Leone leads economic growth in West Africa

Hawanatu Bockari

(MOFED Press Officer)

Sierra Leone was among the top-ten best economic performers in Africa between 2008 and 2012, according to the 2013 Economic Report on Africa released March 25, 2013.

With an annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 9 % Sierra Leone was number 1 followed by Ghana with 7.4% [...]

AML & Africell sponsor Sierra Leone Marathon 2013 Running to take kids off the streets and put them in homes and schools

By Maddieu A. A. T. Kabbah

African Minerals Limited SL and Africell Lintel SL Ltd are among the proud sponsors of this year’s Sierra Leone Marathon which kicks off in in Makeni on 26th May.

The Sierra Leone Marathon is being held to raise funds to help street children in the country.

According to [...]

Guinea signals intent to give Chinalco control of Simandou Iron Ore project

It seems the government of the  West African state of Guinea may be prepared to give a big stake of its Iron Ore reserves to Chinalco after reports of falling out with Rio Tinto. Senior politicians in the country are with the view that  Rio Tinto have been in Simandou for many years and have done [...]

UNDP challenges Gov’t on climate change

UNDP Country Director Sierra Leone, Mr. Mohamed Abchir

By Elkass I.L. Sannoh

As the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) takes the lead in addressing climate change in Africa, Country Director Sierra Leone, Mr. Mohamed Abchir, has revealed that he wanted to invest in action oriented programs geared specifically to reduce carbon emissions and [...]

African Minerals to boost education in Sierra Leone

By Alpha B. Barrie

The Head of Human Resource at African Minerals SL Limited (AML), Mr. George Kojo, has revealed that the company was committed to investing in the educational sector in the country in a bid to develop talents that would be utilisedd by the company and other sectors of the country.

To [...]

Why President Koroma should intervene in the Afri Radio saga

By Alhaji Sulaiman Kargbo

Since the setting-up of a committee to investigate the granting of a broadcast license to Africell mobile company to operate a radio station in the country, very little or nothing has been heard from that committee. Concerned Sierra Leoneans, who had fallen in love with Afri-Radio in the little spell [...]

AADC targets Ward Committees on Transparency and Accountability

By John Sorosr Samura

Animated Area Development Committee (AADC) recently commenced a six-day training for 90 councilors and ward committees members in the east end part of Freetown on capacity building, tax education and tax accountability among others.

The training is for ward committee members to hold their leaders responsible and raising their awareness [...]