BBC News
In pictures: Sand mining in Sierra Leone
BBC News
In pictures: Sand mining in Sierra Leone. Building under construction Once synonymous with a brutal civil war, Sierra Leone was forecast to be one of the world's fastest growing countries in 2012. On the back of the rapid economic growth, it is ...
From war to democracy: Reframing Sierra LeoneNew Internationalist (blog)
New Year's Day Broadcast By His Excellency Dr. Ernest Bai KoromaAllAfrica.com
Corruption and frustration at Queen Elizabeth II Quay (Water Quay)Sierra Express Media

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AFP
Sierra Leonean president announces new cabinet ministers
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
The new minister of Trade and Industry, Boie Kamara, is one of the 19 presidential contestants of the main opposition, Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), but later joined the ruling All People's Congress (APC) months before the national election.
S.Leone president appoints 16 more ministersAFP
A cabinet of youths and womenCocorioko

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NEW MUSIC: Top 4 songs on Sierra Leone radio right now
Swit Salone
Every Christmas holiday in Sierra Leone comes down to three things; family, potential hook ups, and music. While the relationships often fade, the soundtrack from the night clubs, Poda-Poda, and taxis keep the memories alive. For a lot of us living ...

Developing Sierra Leone's tourism potential
Sierra Express Media
Sierra Leone a small country in the West African sub region largely offers high-end ecotourism experiences. These may include bird watching, sport fishing and climbing in nature preserves such as Outamba-Kilimi National Park, Lake Sonfon, Gola forest ...

THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT IT HAS PLEASED HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT DR ERNEST BAI KOROMA TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING MINISTERIAL AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS:

Sierra Leone Fullahs End New Year Fundraising in USA
Awareness Times
On 24th December 2012, whilst hundreds of Sierra Leoneans in the Washington, DC metropolitan area clogged area churches, members of the Fullah Progressive Union (FPU) United States of America Branch converged at the Days Inn on New York Avenue ...

Sierra Leone Attitudinal & Behavioural Change to organise Post-Elections ...
Awareness Times
The Executive Director ABC Secretariat Dr Ivan Ajibola Thomas said that Sierra Leone has been exhibiting positive attitude and behaviour in our socio-cultural and political landscape which will ensure both economic and political stability the yardstick ...

“Take the Back Seat” - Sierra Leone main Opposition Urges Maada Bio
Awareness Times
The former Presidential Candidate of Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), Rtd Brig. Julius Maada Bio has been asked by Sierra Leoneans, mainly SLPP supporters to concede defeat and take the back seat for the party to reorganize itself and plan on how to ...

In Sierra Leone, Awareness Times Reporter Bags Award
Awareness Times
One of Sierra Leone's fine journalists, Mr. Dauda Koroma reporting for the Country's most widely read newspaper, the Awareness Times, has on the 1st of January 2013, bagged “Best Journalist” Award in the Central District of Freetown for having worked ...

Awareness Times News Briefs from Sierra Leone - January 4th 2013
Awareness Times
The Executive Representative of the Secretary General (ERSG) in Sierra Leone, Mr. Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen recently congratulated the Civil Society Platform in Sierra Leone on their role in ensuring peaceful and non-violent elections before, during ...

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2012 was a remarkable year for our country. We conducted four elections on a single day that were acclaimed by the whole world as meeting international standards of free, fair, credible and transparent election; our economy was lauded as the second hottest economy in the whole world; our nation was acclaimed as amongst the safest on earth, and in December we were awarded the Millennium Challenge Corporation Award for good governance, promoting rights and investing in people.

The Al-Aqsa of Africa
Tablet Magazine
Sierra Leone's parliament is a cubic citadel with a panoramic view of the Freetown harbor. Situated on a hilltop called Tower Hill, the complex has an assembly hall, ministers lounge, library, committee rooms, offices, cafeteria, and a terrace. The ...

By State House Communications Unit

Makeni, Northern Province, Sierra Leone, 22nd December, 2012; His Excellency Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has reiterated his commitment to continue to strengthen local councils all across the nation, irrespective of which political party controls them.

 

The American Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Michael Owen has informed President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone's winning of the coveted Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact Award worth millions of dollars.

By State House Communications Unit
State House, Freetown, 19th December, 2012; The Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission in Sierra Leone has congratulated President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma on his resounding re-election at the just concluded November polls.

By State House Communications Unit
State House, Freetown, 18th December, 2012; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Guinea Adikali Foday Sumah has presented information and technology items being a gift from the Government of the custodian of the two Holy Mosques of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Government Sierra Leone.

THE DJEMBE-1 EXPLORATION WELL, LOCATED IN 2409 M OF WATER IN BLOCK SL-04B-10, INTERSECTED MORE THAN 250 FEET (80 METERS) OF GOOD RESERVOIR QUALITY SANDSTONES, IN THE TARGETED UPPER CRETACEOUS INTERVAL, THAT WERE WATER BEARING.

By State House Communications Unit

President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has paid glowing tribute to the women of Sierra Leone for the untiring efforts they exacted in his re-election success at the November polls.

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THE GENERAL PUBLIC IS HEREBY INFORMED THAT IT HAS PLEASED HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT DR ERNEST BAI KOROMA TO ANNOUNCE THE FOLLOWING MINISTERIAL APPOINTMENTS:

Regional divide still a trend in Sierra Leone's elections
Sierra Express Media
The just-concluded 2012 elections manifested clearly the regional divide that tends to undermine national unity. The North Western Region voted overwhelmingly for the ruling APC while the south-eastern Region voted massively for the opposition SLPP.