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28/11/2013 CEN

GOVERNMENT OF SIERRA LEONE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (PPP) UNIT OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF, STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS TO ENSURE QUALITY AGENDA FOR PROSPERTITY 28th [Read more]

YAD Organizes Symposum on Ethnic Based Politics, Religious and Cultural Discriminations in Sierra Leone

22/11/2013 By Dauda Sheriff Koroma

Invitation to Symposium “Ethnic Based Politics, Religious and Cultural Discriminations” The Board and Management of Youth in Action for Development (YAD) wish to cordially request your participation in a symposium [Read more]

Pres. Koroma Praises Saudi Government, Sierra Leone Hajj Delegation and Pilgrims in an Interview from Germany

28/10/2013 Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Press Attache, Saudi Arabia

In a telephone interview with Sierra Leone’s President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma on Saturday, 26th October 2013, His Excellency expressed how he was delighted to have spoken to Sierra Leone [Read more]

Sierra Leone Hajj Officials Honoured in Saudi Arabia

23/10/2013 By Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Press Attaché, Saudi Arabia

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]

PRESS RELEASE

22/10/2013 CEN

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]

President Koroma Launches Poppy Week

21/10/2013 CEN

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]

Hon. Moijue Kaikai Leads 916 Sierra Leoneans to 2013 Hajj

08/10/2013 Alhaji M.B. Jalloh, Press Attache, Saudi Arabia

The season for Muslims to undertake the pilgrimage (Hajj) here in Mecca, one of the five pillars of Islam, is here again. And Muslims from Sierra Leone have not been [Read more]

UN to Wrap Up Its Mission in Sierra Leone

06/10/2013 Dennis Kabatto

While, Sierra Leone Minister of Information and Communications Alhaji Alpha Kanu and Senior Government officials were engaged at a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Town Hall Meeting recently in Maryland, Minister [Read more]

Sierra Leone Receives Support for Green Growth With New AfDB Report

03/10/2013 CEN

RESS RELEASE Report explores challenges and opportunities of growth in a fragile state TUNIS, Tunisia, October 3, 2013/ — In response to a request for technical support from the Government [Read more]

Another Hajj Ticket Brouhaha Begins, as the United Council of Imams Attacks Minister of Social Welfare

01/10/2013 CEN

PRESS RELEASE IT HAS COME TO THE NOTICE, WITH SHOCK AND DISAPPOINTMENT, OF THE United Council of Imams-Sierra Leone, and Muslims in this country in general that the Minister of [Read more]

African Diplomats Deny Attending Striptease Clubs During UN General Assembly Meeting

30/09/2013 CEN

African diplomats have vehemently expressed anger at being lumped with others who “waste their money” looking at naked women walking up and down. They were reacting to New York Post [Read more]

Kuwait, Egypt Boost Hajj Pilgrimage

28/09/2013 CEN

President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma last week received on behalf of the Government and People of Sierra Leone twenty-six (26) Hajj scholarships from the Kuwaiti and Egyptian Governments respectively. The [Read more]

President Koroma Concludes Spot Checks

28/09/2013 CEN

In line with his avowed mission and vision to develop and transform Sierra Leone, President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on Thursday 26th September randomly conducted spot checks on the House [Read more]

AfDB Approves US $43.27 Million for Sierra Leone’s Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Project

27/09/2013 CEN

TUNIS, Tunisia, September 27, 2013/ — The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group (http://www.afdb.org) met on Wednesday, September 18, 2013 in Tunis and approved US $43.27 [Read more]

Is the Chinese Intervention in Africa a Blessing from Heaven?

23/09/2013 IRIN

China’s role as an aid donor has been met with wariness, both from aid experts and recipients. Confusion over the nature of China’s aid arises because the country uses multiple [Read more]