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USA-based NGO funds Boama project
First Peoples Worldwide (FPW), a non-governmental organization in the United States of America (USA) has provided funding for the Falu Rural Integrated Development Association (FRIDA) in the Boama Chiefdom, Bo ...
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Locals to Benefit from Mabang Bridge Reconstruction
As the Ministry of Works, Housing and Infrastructure has received whopping financial assistance from the Road Funds to construct a new Mabang Bridge after the collapse of the worn out bridge in February this year, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Works, Housing and Infrastructure, Augustine Sheku has assured that people around the work site will hugely benefit not only from the road ...
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British citizen to become Member of Parliament
John Sabom Gbla (in photo), Sierra Leonean born, British citizen, will be the latest to join the All People's Congress Party (APC) in parliament if he emerges as victor in the bye-election of Constituency 62 Tonkolili District slated for June ...
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“I Wish My Colleagues Good Luck against Tunisia and Cape Verde”- Rodney Strasser
After beingdropped from the Sierra Leone national squad against Tunisia and Cape Verde in June respectively by the newly appointed coach, Johnny Mckinstry, the AC Milan midfielder, Rodney Strasser, has told Sierra Express Media Sports that he wishes his colleagues in the national team good luck against Tunisia and Cape Verde in the ongoing Brazil 2014 World Cup qualifying ...
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Hon. Moijueh Kaikai Leads Hajj Mission Team to Saudi Arabia
By Alhaji M.B. Jalloh : A three-man Hajj Mission delegation led by Sierra Leone’s Social Welfare Minister, Honourable Moijueh Kaikai, has arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Other members of the delegation include some members of the National Hajj Coordinating Committee (NHCC), Alhaji M.S Kargbo and Dr. Ahmed Ramadan Jalloh. Hon. Kaikai said they are here to make preparations for the ...
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Channel education funding through gov’t not NGOs –Deputy Education Minister tells International partners in Brussels
Sierra Leone's Deputy Education, Science and Technology Minister, Mamoud Tarawalie has told International Partners on education in Brussels that, "funding Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to carry-out implementation on behalf of government can never be fully successful, because a significant percentage of the funds meant for the beneficiaries will be used up as 'management ...
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“Kono is a very important district to this administration”…President Koroma assures Kono stakeholders
By State House Communications Unit : STATE HOUSE, Freetown, May 24, 2013/–The Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Works, Housing and Infrastructure and the Sierra Leone Roads Authority (SLRA), has on Friday, May 24th, 2013 awarded the contract for the construction of the first phase of the Kono road project, from Matotoka-Yeyi, during a symbolic signing ceremony held in the ...
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Foreign Minister looks at construction site of new embassy in Ethiopia
Sierra Leone's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Dr. Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara today (24th May 2013) took a conducted tour to assess the progress in the work at the Sierra Leone Embassy project site in Addis Ababa. His Excellency President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma on 26th January 2013 officially commissioned and turned the sod for the construction of the ...
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International Labor Rights ForumInstitute for Policy Studies Firestone Workers in Liberia Sign Historic Contract
New Contract is a Major Victory for International Campaign Against Firestone WASHINGTON - August 6 - Workers on the ...
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How are the Mighty Fallen Why Africans are running back home to queue for jobs
By KABS KANU : The undisputed fact is that the West has fallen. The United States of America , Britain and the Western world are no longer the land of opportunities they once were in the 1960s, 70s, 80s and even in the early 90s. Today, America, England and Europe have nothing remarkable to offer anymore and Africans are running back home to queue for jobs from their governments. How things ...
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