Every year, five UN offices including the African Union’s (AU) New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD), office of the Special Adviser on Africa, the Economic Commission on Africa, the Africa [Read more]
His Excellency, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma continues to confirm to his nation that, in his Government, no officials, in whatever capacity, should consider themselves sacred cows. Simply put, this [Read more]
N THE PAST FEW WEEKS, SEVERAL MEETINGS WERE HELD AT STATE HOUSE TO REVIEW OUR INFRASTRUCTURAL PROJECTS. THE OUTCOME OF THESE MEETINGS HAS LEFT HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT WITH [Read more]
An article in the standard Times press (online) –“ Kandeh Kolleh Yumkella: the diplomat versus the candidate…the man who could be the right successor of President E.B. Koroma”, by Donald [Read more]
One of the greatest books that were ever inked from the nib of an African pen was “Things Fall Apart” by the late Chinua Achebe. This book has not only [Read more]
Officials of the Sierra Leone Hajj Mission last night attended the annual ceremony organized by the Saudi Pilgrimage (Haj) Affairs Ministry to honour nearly 200 heads and members of the [Read more]
OIL DISCOVERY OFFSHORE SIERRA LEONE- LUKOIL COMPLETES DRILLING OF FIRST EXPLORATION WELL. LUKOIL OVERSEAS, OPERATOR OF INTERNATIONAL UPSTREAM PROJECTS AND A 100% SUBSIDIARY OF LUKOIL, TODAY ANNOUNCED COMPLETION OF THEIR [Read more]
FREETOWN – The Commander-In-Chief (CIC) of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), President Ernest Bai Koroma launched the Poppy Week 2013 in Freetown last week. During a special [Read more]
Al-Shabaab, or "The Youth," is an al-Qaeda-linked militant group and a U.S. designated Foreign Terrorist Organization fighting for the creation of a fundamentalist Islamic state in Somalia. The group, also [Read more]
Did you watch the last National Democratic Convention before the last term of Barack Obama’s re-election? It was pulsating, electrifying and magnetic. To most political pundits and commentators, the message [Read more]
Intentions, even the best of them, do not necessarily guarantee success. As our politics continues to thrive on the thickening stench of falsehood, the unintended consequences of spin as [Read more]
Sierra Leone’s President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has congratulated the 916 Sierra Leone pilgrims that are currently in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on the successful completion of their pilgrimage. [Read more]
On his maiden international trip to the United Kingdom which has been a diplomatic success, the chairman of the SLPP made the statement at a jam-packed social evening event organised [Read more]
Sierra Leonean students from Madinah and Riyadh have arrived in the Holy City of Mecca to help the pilgrims from Sierra Leone. Mohamed Sahid Badamasi is the Secretary General [Read more]
With only a few days remaining for the start of the annual pilgrimage of Hajj, the Sierra Leone Hajj Team to Saudi Arabia led by Moijueh KaiKai who is also [Read more]
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