• Another Sierra Leone success story

  Sierra Leone is a country endowed with natural resources. Sheka Kevin Bob Kargbo, a Sierra Leonean actor, script writer, and producer, currently residing in The Netherlands, has transformed his artistic and dramatic skills into movie production. Producing films is a project that must go through so many different elements to get it from idea to the theater. Kevin Bob teamed up with a renowned ...

• Liberia Several Top Govt Officials Snub LACCs Assets Verification Exercise

  The Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) has disclosed that several top officials of the Government of Liberia (GOL) have "deliberately refused to cooperate" with its Assets Verification Exercise. The LACC has the broad mandate to investigate, prosecute and prevent acts of corruption amongst other things (LACC Act of August 2008). Included in this mandate also is the mandate of ...

• Liberia Global Witness On Govt Back

  The international watchdog, Global Witness, has challenged the Government of Liberia (GoL) to urgently address violations of Liberian laws recently published in a LEITI Audit Report. According to a Global Witness' statement issued Wednesday, 22 May 2013, the recently published LEITI Audit Report reveals significant violations of Liberia's laws that the Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf led ...

• Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Is Owned By All of Us

  His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has said that Sierra Leone belongs every citizen. He made this statement during a courtesy call on him by a cross section of the Fullah community in the country. The courtesy call came in the wake of the recent conferment of the award of the Order of the Rokel on Alhaji Borbor Bah, by His Excellency the President of the Republic of Sierra Leone during this ...

• Liberia Secrecy in Oil Gas and Mining Conspires Against Economic Development

  The lives of over a billion citizens could be transformed if their governments managed their oil, gas and minerals in a more open, accountable manner, according to the Resource Governance Index released by the Revenue Watch Institute. The Index measures the transparency and accountability in the oil, gas and mining sector of 58 countries worldwide and finds that the vast majority surveyed fail ...

• “Sierra Leone is owned by all of us” — President Koroma tells Fullah Community

  STATE HOUSE, Freetown, 22nd May, 2013/-- His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has said that Sierra Leone belongs every citizen. He made this statement during a courtesy call on him by a cross section of the Fullah community in the country. The courtesy call came in the wake of the recent conferment of the award of the Order of the Rokel on Alhaji Borbor Bah, by His Excellency the President of the ...

• At Lumley Beach Police Post … Police kills

  Police personnel attached to the Lumley Division yesterday shot dead one man at Lumley Beach west end of Freetown by the Golf Club Police post According to an eye witness account a man believed to be in his 40′s only known as Donald was seen around the Lumley Beach during the morning hours of yesterday with a weapon. He has worked in the United States Criminal Investigation Department ...

• Ten-minute rain floods Eastern Police

  The Eastern Police intersection was completely flooded in the evening of Tuesday, after a light rain that lasted for just 10 minutes. The flooding adversely constrained human and vehicular movements, forcing pedestrians to remove their shoes and sneakers, to wade through the smelly flowing water that was carrying all sorts of rubbish. For many pedestrians caught off-guard by the flooded ...

• Art Academy to be constructed

  Freetong Players International yesterday launched their first newspaper ‘DI YELIBA’ Newspaper as part of their 28th year celebrations at Old School Hill Station. The launching was also part of a conference on Art, Culture, Peace, and Development. During the ceremony it was also revealed that an art academy was to be constructed at No.2. Speaking during the conference, the ...

• Japan signs $13.97million power supply Grant for Freetown

  The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Government of Sierra Leone and the Government of Japanyesterday signed the Exchange of Note and Grant Agreement of $13,970,000 towards the project for the urgent improvement of power distribution system in Freetown. TheExchange of notewas signed by the Japanese Ambassador to Sierra Leone Mr. Naoto Nikai on behalf of the ...

• Complete version of Krio Bible out

  A full version of the first Krio Bible both the old and new testament, is out and will be launched on Tuesday 28th May at the Presidential Lounge of the National Stadium. A member of the Bible Society In Sierra Leone, Raymond Jarrett told Awoko that the Bible translated and edited by professional Sierra Leoneans was compiled in Nairobi by the Bible Society in Sierra Leone and that the ...

• Old Princewaleans holds AGM today

  The Old Boys of the Prince of Wales (POW ) secondary school in Freetown will be holding their Annual General Meeting (AGM) today(Thursday 23 May) at the Cathedral House, Gloucester Street in Freetown at 5pm. Speaking to Awoko, Chairman of the Publicity Committee on the Rehabilitation of the School, Dauda Musa Bangura revealed that this year’s AGM is going to focus on how the old Boys can ...

• Local Council best for effective governance-facilitator

  The Facilitator of Democracy Sierra Leone, Alhaji Mohamed Warisay says that local council is the best way of running effective governance though it is expensive in maintaining the councillors. He made this statement during a one-day training of elected Councillors and Ward Committee Members in Constituencies 106, 107 and 109 in the Central and Western part of Freetown on their role and the ...

• No TB drugs at Kenema hospital

  A nurse in charge of the Tuberculosis (TB) ward at the government hospital along Combema road in Kenema city Agnes Fatorma disclosed to Awoko that more patients are dying at the hospital because of lack of drugs. She says the TB ward at the Government hospital had ran out of drug supply since March 2013 and within this short period, the ward has experienced more deaths than before, when drugs ...

• Liberia Govt Silent Over Reported Sale of Japanese Donated Rice in Guinea

  The Government of Liberia (GOL) through the Ministry of Commerce & Industry is yet to comment on the reported sale of a huge consignment Japanese donated rice to Liberia in neighboring Guinea. Last week, the Heritage, based on cogent reports obtained from officialdom, reported that the United Commodities Incorporated (UCI) recently sold huge consignment of the Japanese donated rice to ...

• Liberia Assets Declaration Ignored

  The latest assets declaration report released by the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC) on the verification of public officials' assets has exposed several officials who allegedly refused to allow their assets [already declared] to be verified by the LACC. The verification process by the LACC was intended to show the truthfulness of the assets that have been declared by officials of ...

• Liberia Gunmen Target Local Oil Installation

  Tripoli - An armed group on Monday (May 20th) struck the Mellitah oil and gas complex west of Tripoli, wounding at least two guards. According to a source at the facility, armed assailants from "outside the area" mounted their attack in the early morning. They were able to seize arms and some twenty vehicles before taking off, Libya Herald reproted. Colonel Juma Abdul Jalil, ...

• Kenya Liberian President Sirleaf makes stop-over in Nairobi

  Nairobi and was received at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport by Cabinet Secretary for Devolution and Planning Ms. Ann Waiguru. Liberia's Honorory Consul in Kenya Mr. Kimani Benson Mathu was also in ...

• Kenya Cabinet Secretary meets Liberia President at Jomo Kenyatta Airport

  The President was received by Devolution and Planning Cabinet Secretary Anne Waiguru. They held discussions at the Presidential Pavilion before the President and her entourage left the country for AddisAbaba the venue for the five-day AU meeting. The Liberia President was accompanied by Senior Officials in her Government including among others Hon. Lewis G. Brown, Liberian Information Minister ...

• Liberia Prince Johnson Accuses Sirleaf of Vote Rigging in 2011

  Nimba County is said to be in a state of shock following a live radio confession by the county's Senior Senator Prince Y. Johnson (PYJ), detailing how he influenced elections officials in the county to cheat for his NUDP's candidates. He alleged that President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to whom he pledged his support in the November 2011 presidential runoff, was also instrumental in ...

• Liberia Audits Verifications Without Prosecution a Waste of Liberias Taxpayers Money

  THE LIBERIA ANTI-CORRUPTION Commission released its Verification report Tuesday in which it is purported that some officials of the Ellen Johnson Sirleaf-led government misrepresented the facts and lied in their declaration of assets. ONE OF THE MAJOR discoveries in the findings is that the managing director of the National Port Authority, Matilda Parker lied about the value of her assets and ...

• Liberia Defaults in Labor Law Decent Work Bill

  Defects in both the current Labour Law and Draft Decent Work Bill 2010 have been discovered, with a call for action to bring Liberia in harmony with international standards and the practice on child labour. Attorney-At-Law Michael M. Allison, Managing Director of the BRICS Mano River Union Legal Consultants said there was disharmony between minimum age for education and work issue in Liberia. ...

• Liberia LTA Parliamentarians Make Suggestions to Improve Telecomunications Sector

  The First Telecommunications Consumer Parliament organized by the Liberia Telecommunications Authority (LTA), has ended in the Central Liberian provincial City of Gbarnga, Bong County, following a one-day session, with parliamentarians proffering several recommendations to improve the telecommunications sector in Liberia. In a 16-count recommendations presented at the end of the parliamentary ...

• Liberia Doubts Over Oil Discovery in Liberia - Did African Petroleum Stretch the Truth

  Shares in Frank Timis' African Petroleum (AP) have fallen 90 percent over the past 12 months and reports of an alleged investigation by the National Stock Exchange of Australiaamidst claims of stocks dumping by senior AP executives have made international headlines. In February 2012, AP announced a major discovery in its Naria-1 Well offshore Liberia, causing a significant jump in its ...

• Liberia Foreign Technicians Expected for RIA

  The Liberian Government has invited a technical delegation from Equatorial Guinea to Monrovia in early June after both governments agreed on May 21, 2013 to arrange the financing and construction of the Roberts International Airport (RIA) and social housing in Liberia. In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed in Malibo between Liberia and Equatorial Guinea on 21 May, both governments ...

• Liberia President Sirleaf Departs Liberia for AU Summit in Ethiopia Ticad V in Japan and Forbes Philanthropy Event in the United States

  President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf departed the country on Wednesday, May 22, for intergovernmental engagements in Ethiopia and Japan, and a philanthropy event sponsored by Forbes Magazine, in the United States. According to an Executive Mansion release, President Sirleaf departed for Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on the first leg of her trip, to attend the 21st Ordinary Session of the Summit of the ...

• Over Sierra Leone’s educational downturn… who takes the blame

  Existing argument between the Ministry of Education and teachers of Sierra Leone over who takes the blame for the current educational melt-down took a new twist yesterday as students of Albert Academy held their Administration to ransom earlier this ...

• Minister opens workshop on Science Technology

  The Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology has started a five-day training workshop in a bid to popularize science in the educational ...

• FIFA instructor to organize goalkeeping meeting

  FIFA Goalkeeper's instructor, Prince Tamba Moses will organize a goalkeepers meeting on Friday 24th May 2013 at the football academy at Kingtom at about 9:00 ...

• Kandeh Rovers FC win 2013 Big League Soccer Championship IP

  Salifu Samura opened with an early goal with a header from a defensive blunder. Wilberforce Strikers were totally unimpressive throughout the first half and the worst to happen to them was when their goal man was substituted for injury for an inexperienced colleague and immediately conceded a goal through Kandeh Rovers FC striker, Ibrahim Barrie before the ...

• Guinea UN official initiates consultations between Government opposition leaders

  Print 22 May 2013 &#150 A United Nations envoy today convened a consultative meeting in the Guinean capital, Conakry, between the Prime Minister and opposition leaders, pressing ahead with UN efforts to assist the parties in resolving differences over preparations for stalled legislative elections and other contentious issues through peaceful means. Said Djinnit, the Special Representative ...

• Sierra Leone’s Foreign Minister and delegation attend AU Meeting in Addis Ababa

  Hon. Dr. Samura Mathew Wilson Kamara, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation who arrived in the political capital of Africa, Addis Ababa via Brussels is attending the 23rd Ordinary Session of the Executive Council meeting which is underway in Ethiopia. The confab is taking place at the new Conference Centre of the African Union Commission from 22nd to 23rd May 2013. This ...

• Water Supply and Sanitation facilities are in bad shape – President Koroma

  President Koroma has said that 40% of the water and sanitation facilities in the country are in bad shape and calls for collective efforts in the effective management and utilization of both government and donor funds. The President made this statement yesterday during the commencement of a two-day conference on Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene at the conference Room of the Bintumani Hotel ...

• Seminar on Movie and TV brand management opens in China

  A 21-day seminar on movie and TV and brand management for developing countries, organized by the Hunan International Business Vocational College and sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce of China was opened this week by the Vice President of the College Gui Cheng. In his statement, the Vice Director of Outward Economic Cooperation Office, Department of Commerce, Hunan Province Tan Zhong said ...

• 16 Pupils to appear in court today

  Following Monday’s riot at the Albert Academy Senior Secondary School, when pupils turned the whole area into a battleground; throwing missiles at the police, 16 pupils are to be charged to court. In a brief chat with Awoko, Inspector Martin Koneya of the Central police Station said that on Monday afternoon May 20, 2013 a Police operation team headed by ASP Bangura received a distressed ...

• 10 Mining companies suspended

  The Ministry of Mines and Mineral Resources yesterday suspended the licenses of ten mining and exploration companies that failed to comply with the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI) process. This information was revealed in a press statement issued and signed by the Permanent Secretary, Mrs. Fatmata S. Mustapha. The affected companies are Sierra Leone Gouji Mining Company ...

• Tour Operators ends visit

  In a bid to promote the tourism potential of Sierra Leone to the world, renowned tour operators from Germany, Austria and Travel Writers have ended a tour of the major touristic sites in Sierra Leone. The tour was facilitated by the National Tourist Board as part of their activities. Before their departure, a farewell dinner was organized at the Hotel Bamoi before their departure. The General ...

• PaRD-SL provides 3000 rural youths with livelihood skills

  Partners in Relief and Development Sierra Leone (PaRD -SL ) at 3 Big Waterloo Street in Freetown has successfully led a consortium of three organizations, Cotton Tree Foundation (CTF) and Christian Community Development Programme (CCDP) to design and implement an integrated programme of employable skills training of 3000 rural youth in eight districts across the country. The skills training is ...

• Bo Mayor helps Disabled

  Bo City Council Mayor, Harold ‘Logic’ Tucker on Friday donated 50 walking Aides to the Disabled in Bo. The Sir Milton Cheshire Home, Disabled Rights Movement-DRIM, Disability Child Foundation, the Bo Government Hospital and Jaiama Bongor were the beneficiaries. Delivering the walking aides to Moriba Bellay of the Disabled Rights Movement Bo, the Mayor, Harold Tucker, stated that ...

• Renovated Government Printing department commissioned

  The Government Printing Department (GDP) which was in a dilapidated form for many years, has now been renovated with modern printing machines and equipment by Excellent Printing Press of Ghana a subsidiary of the Zoom Lion Company. The rejuvenated GDP is to provide cutting-edge commercial and security printing services to government, local and international business clientele. Officially ...

• Today is International Day to end Fistula

  Sierra Leone will today join other countries the World over to observe International Day to end Fistula. The Day which would be observed first in the history of the health calendar of Sierra Leone is expected to be launched by the First Lady Sia Nyama Koroma at Hailkal Foundation centre in Bo. The Theme of the Day is "End the Shame, End the Isolation and End Fistula". The ceremony ...

• Another good news IMF says Sierra Leone’s economic growth has accelerated and predicts 13 GDP growth in 2013

  PRESIDENT ERNEST BAI KOROMA has been handling the Sierra Leone economy excellently. The International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) has just concluded a three-week mission in the country and the conclusions that the organization has drawn provide further proof that President Koroma is doing well with the Sierra Leone economy . READ THE FULL STATEMENT BELOW ...

• Short-term impacts or “quick fixes” can no longer be tolerated” — EBK warns.

  By State House Communications Unit : BINTUMANI HOTEL, Aberdeen, Freetown, 21 May, 2013/— Water sanitation and hygiene (WASH) has been identified by government under pillar three of the ';Agenda for Prosperity'; as pivotal in promoting social growth and economic empowerment among Sierra Leoneans. In this regard, therefore, His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has said at the ...

• McKinstry on the march

  Most 27-year-old Northern Irishmen who want to be at next year's World Cup in Brazil will have to buy a ticket - but Johnny McKinstry has other plans. Having ...

• Win Tickets to see Sierra Leones Refugee All Stars

  Saturday, June 1 8:00pm Artisphere Arlington, VA World renowned for the strength and resilience embodied in their music, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars were first introduced to the world through ...

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