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The Secretary-General warmly welcomes the announcement by the Cuban government that it will be sending 165 medical personnel to Sierra Leone soon to assist in the response to Ebola. In [Read more]

The innovations by United Bank for Africa (UBA), in providing convenient banking platforms for individuals and businesses have received global endorsement and recognition. The Bank has been named the “Best [Read more]

The establishment of a full Sierra Leone diplomatic mission in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has finally become a reality with the arrival of Sierra Leone’s Ambassador-Designate in Abu Dhabi [Read more]

A made-in-Canada experimental Ebola vaccine will be offered for use in the West African outbreak response, the Public Health Agency of Canada revealed Tuesday. The news comes hours after the [Read more]

In response to His Excellency, President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma's call to the nation to stay home for self-reflection and prayers against the deadly Ebola virus on Monday, August 4th, [Read more]

Under the supervision of the Embassy of Sierra Leone in Saudi Arabia, the Sierra Leone Nationals' Union (SLNU) in Riyadh, in collaboration with the Dawa and Guidance Committee, made it [Read more]

The German government has ordered the expulsion of a CIA official in Berlin in response to two cases of alleged spying by the US. The official is said to have [Read more]

Orange continues to support innovation in Africa and launches its third incubator partnership on the continent  Orange announces the opening of the first start-up incubator in Niger  PARIS, France, May [Read more]

A new interactive map (1) published by the international development charity WaterAid (http://www.wateraid.org), has been launched online showing that 14 African governments are on course or within touching distance of [Read more]

The New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) will show the critically acclaimed Half of a Yellow Sun by National Book Critics Circle Award–winning Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and four [Read more]

Hundreds of Africans including Nigerians and sympathetic New Yorkers joined in solidarity on Saturday at Union Square Park in downtown Manhattan, to pressure Nigerian authorities to rescue more than 200 [Read more]

Dressed in the traditional African attire, Sierra Leone's new Ambassador in Saudi Arabia and his Staff last Sunday received high-ranking Saudi Government officials, members of the Diplomatic and Consular corps, [Read more]

All over the world migrant workers are sending money home to their families. The money pays hospital bills and school fees, buys land, builds houses and sets up small businesses. [Read more]