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Vacancy at The Society for Knowledge Management-Sierra Leone
Sierra Leonean appointed to join UNIDO Regional Team in Ethiopia Former Head of UNIDO operations in Sierra Leone, Dr. Stephen Bainous Kargbo (in photo), has started work at the UNIDO Regional Office in Ethiopia following a competitive and rigorous selection process. The office in Ethiopia headed by a UNIDO Representative and Regional Director covers the four countries of Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda ...
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SSGI Workers Threaten Strike-Action
Information reaching this medium reveals that disgruntled workers of the SSGI Security Agency have threatened to go on strike for deplorable conditions of ...
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Zainab Bangura sexual violence is a crime with long and infamous history
By CHERNOR OJUKU -SESAY : United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Zainab Hawa Bangurahas said Sexual violence in conflict is a crime with a long and infamous history, a crime that is not only perpetrated against women and girls but also men and boys. Addressing a group of women participants from 62 organisations at the Permanent Mission of ...
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Ambassador Stevens commends Peace Corps
By PASCO TEMPLE : Sierra Leone's Ambassador Bockari Kortu Stevens accredited to the United States of America has told 43 departing American Peace Corps bound for the west Africa Nation that their services have not only helped capacitate Sierra Leoneans, but have also helped developed the country's educational and health infrastructure. Addressing the Peace Corps at a farewell ...
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London Mining donates medical items to Lunsar Health Clinic
Speaking at the handing over ceremony of the items, Community Relations and Resettlement Manager, Mr. Desmond Doherty, said that London Mining Company is in a good relationship with the Lunsar community and wants to maintain that. Late Annette Robert who was working with LMC created the relationship and LMC will continue its relationship by supporting the medical center, said Mr. ...
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AIRTEL puts a smile on the faces of retailers
Speaking with the Zonal Manager Abdulai Dizo Kamara, he said that this promotion is done to boost the retailers. Airtel wants to appreciate the retailers also for satisfying their customers with top up at all times. Zonal Manager assured retailers that this love will continue in different ...
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ENCISS strengthens the relationship between Civil Society and the State
Civil Society Representative Mr. Paul Koroma said that they affirm government's priority to engage the youth in productive activities, economic advancement, deliver sustainable peace. We are mindful of our right to freedom of expression and also rule of law, availability and access to information, review of the 2012 act- powers to invalid vote by ...
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Kambia Customs Raise Le5 Billion
He described himself as the best customs collector that has ever headed the Gbalamuya Customs Post by virtue of the massive revenue he has generated in five ...
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African Child’s Day Commemorated
, joined other countries in Africa to commemorate the Day of the African Child in memory of the several innocent African children massacred in Soweto, South Africa in 1976. The theme of this year's Commemoration was, "Eliminating Harmful Social and Cultural Practices Affecting Children, Our Collective ...
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Sierra Leonean president to visit China
Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma will visit China at the end of June, the Chinese Embassy in Freetown said on Tuesday.Chinese Ambassador to Sierra Leone Kuang Weilin told journalists here that President Koroma was invited by Tsinghua University to attend the World Peace Conference in Beijing, capital city of China.During President Koroma's visit to China, he is expected to hold ...
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100 pack funeral for woman killed in building collapse
Mourners leave Blessed Virgin Mary Church in Darby after the funeral for Roseline Conteh, who died June 5 in the collapse of a building on Market Street in Philadelphia. (APRIL SAUL / ...
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$36 Million for FBC Renovation by a government of the people.
$36 Million for FBC Renovation by a government of the people. For several years, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, has been suffering from congestion as its antiquated infrastructure can no longer cope with the growing number of students and lecturers, especially when the historic college has never undergone any major rehabilitation since it was established several decades ago. ...
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Sierra Leone Needs More Friends Like Saudi Arabia
By Sydney Pratt in Freetown : The last five years have seen rapid development in Sierra Leone as a whole. This cannot be denied! We have witnessed massive road construction not seen in a very long time in this country. We have witnessed dramatic turnaround in our energy sector. We have for the very first time concretized free health care for pregnant women, lactating mothers and children ...
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Victor Foh takes leave of President Koroma
The newly appointed Ambassador Extra-Ordinary and Plenipotentiary to the People’s Republic of China, Hon. Victor Bockarie Foh has officially taken leave of His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma at the Credentials Hall, Office of the President, State House, Freetown. Making a short statement at the ceremony, His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma paid glowing tribute to Hon. Victor Bockarie Foh ...
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Fourah Bay College How much lower
In those formative years and for decades to follow, people came from as far as Britain, South Africa, Namibia, Nigeria and Ghana to name a few countries to enroll at the FBC as students. The college has and still continues to benefit from the experiences and knowledge of foreign lecturers as well. Despite these fine overtures, Fourah Bay College (FBC), we dare say, has had its toll of violent ...
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Zainab Bangura lectures European Women on sex violence in Brussels
has said Sexual violence in conflict is a crime with a long and infamous history, a crime that is not only perpetrated against women and girls but also men and ...
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rra Leonean Researcher to Deliver University of Lagos Distinguished Public Lecture
When Washington, DC based, Sierra Leonean researcher, Professor Abdul Karim Bangura delivers the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Distinguished Public Lecture Thursday at 10 am in the Main Auditorium, he will strive to establish a correlation between the democracy project and the human condition across the African ...
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Who’s responsible for the decline of education in Sierra Leone
Who's responsible for the decline in education in Sierra Leone? The daring blame-game question comes from nine year-old Solomon Lewis of the St. Augustine Services Primary School in Gondama Barracks, which houses the ...
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“Peace Corps Are Great Ambassadors” Ambassador Bockari Stevens
Sierra Leone's Ambassador Bockari Kortu Stevens (in photo) accredited to the United States of America has told 43 departing American Peace Corps bound for the west Africa Nation that their services have not only helped capacitate Sierra Leoneans, but have also helped developed the country's educational and health ...
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Satan as Egoism….’God’ as Humility in Man
Who has seen the 'Devil' or 'Satan' before? Who has seen 'God' before? All the major 'lettered religions' have their perception of what 'God' and 'Satan' is. There are nuances based on the time, the place, and culture from which each of these religions would emerge. But, the essence of all of these religions, and their dictates as to ...
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Sierra Leonean appointed to join UNIDO Regional Team in Ethiopia
Former Head of UNIDO operations in Sierra Leone, Dr. Stephen Bainous Kargbo (in photo), has started work at the UNIDO Regional Office in Ethiopia following a competitive and rigorous selection process. The office in Ethiopia headed by a UNIDO Representative and Regional Director covers the four countries of Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi and also works collaboratively with the African ...
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North-East charity worker tackles 5k run with President of Sierra Leone
A CHARITY worker from the North-East who organised a marathon in Sierra Leone found himself acting as running mate to the nation's president. Mark Maughan, 23, ...
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Sporting Kansas Citys Kei Kamara Sierra Leone hasnt prepared us well enough to qualify for tournaments
Kei Kamara has never been shy about taking on opposing defenders, either in club play or with his national team. Sporting Kansas City winger has also shown himself unafraid to criticize the sports establishment in his native country, and vented his frustrations once more on Tuesday ...
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Sierra Leone has a challenge on its hands
Sierra Leone is relatively unknown on the international stage, it is a tiny country of just 6 million people, perched on the edge of West Africa with its coastline gazing out into the Atlantic, a body of ocean that has played as important a part in the country’s history as the natural resources that have brought the state such infamy.
Sierra Leone, unfortunately, is known abroad, for those that have heard of the country, as a war-torn little state where social cohesion and everything that goes with it has collapsed entirely. World headlines in the 1990s were filled, appropriately, with stories of the civil war raging in the country at a time when the Revolutionary United Front was trying to overthrow the military dictatorship headed by Joseph Momoh. Read more
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