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April 2016

Africa’s cities of the future With an annual economic growth rate of about 5% over the last decade, driven mainly by the commodities boom, African cities have seen skyrocketing population growth, forcing governments to face a

At a ceremony held in the City Hall of Dallas, Texas, USA on April 1st, diplomats, business people, members of different chambers of commerce, and a large contingent of Sierra Leoneans, were all present in

Port Loko, April 8, 016 (MOHS) - Magistrate Sahr Kekura of the Masiaka Magistrate Court on Friday 8th April, 2016 sentenced Josie Lappia an ambulance driver attached to the Endemic Disease Unit of the Bo

Can they Go One Better than Octéa? In 2003, Octéa, formerly Koidu Holdings S.A, won the right to explore what is the present day Tonguma Limited concession in the Lower Bambara Chiefdom in the Kenema District.

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) wishes to inform the general public that Parliament on Thursday 7th April 2016 approved Ady Macauley Esq.,  as Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission. The new ACC boss subsequently took the oath of

If I was a lexicographer (a person who compiles dictionaries) I would have inserted a new a name in the dictionary for a government which suffers from credibility deficit - All Peoples Congress. But maybe

Just last week, the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) commissioned the newly rehabilitated and refurbished Licensing Hall and the Ultra Modern Vehicle Workshop at the Authority’s Head Office in Freetown. It was obviously part of

AMR Gold has met with the British High Commissioner Designate in Sierra Leone- His Excellency Guy Warrington, to discuss the company’s operations in Sierra Leone.  (L-R) Colin Harris, Guy Warrington and Gary Vallerius Gary Vallerius, AMR