New Inspector General of Police

The general public is hereby informed that in accordance with the provisions of Section 157 (1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Sierra Leone 1991 (Act no.6 of 1991), it has pleased His Excellency The President to announce the following appointments in the Sierra Leone Police Force, subject to the approval of Parliament: Mr. [...]

African Minerals Limited and Sierra Leone Govt ratify final agreement

A final agreement between the Government of Sierra Leone and African Minerals has been ratified today. Full details to be published later! People who looked at this item also looked at… Nigerian Professor commits suicide after killing wife in Pennsylvania African Minerals CFO Resigns Way clear for US Immigration to deport about 1,000 Sierra Leoneans [...]

African Minerals CFO Resigns

African Minerals Limited the mineral exploration and development company with significant iron ore and base metal interests in Sierra Leone, West Africa, announced today that Craig Smith, the Company’s CFO and a Director, has resigned with effect from 1st September 2010 to pursue other interests. Mr Smith will work closely with the business to help [...]

President Koroma visits disaster site

His Excellency the President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma Monday visited the land slide disaster site at Owen Street in Freetown, where two houses collapsed due to heavy down pour of rains. Thirteen people were reported dead and many more injured. According to a victim, nine of his children six of whom were his biological children [...]

The Fatal Death of Lord Bongo Johnson and Spouse

Godfrey Manley-Spain (in photo), fondly known among Sierra Leoneans as ‘Lord Bongo Johnson,’ was found dead through strangulation in his Mesquite home in the early hours of Monday, 19th July, 2010, a few hours after fatally killing his spouse, Claudio, with whom he had shared the home for over 15 years. Together, they have two [...]

Horror – Bongo Jonson is dead!

News broke this morning in the cities of Dallas Fort-Worth in Texas about the tragic death  of former comedian, Godfrey Manly-Spain, aka, “Bongo Jonson” and his partner, Claudia at their residence in Mesquite, Texas, USA.  Sources say that it is a possible suicide murder.  Details about the cause of this horrible tragedy will be published [...]

African Minerals $1.5 billion deal with Shandong Iron & Steel

‎$1.5bn Strategic Investment by Shandong Iron & Steel values Tonkolili Project at approximately US$6Bn  African Minerals Limited (AIM: AMI), the mineral exploration and development company with significant iron ore and base metal interests in Sierra Leone, has announced it has entered into a strategic, binding Memorandum of Understanding (the “MoU”) with Shandong Iron & Steel [...]

Chinese steel mill to invest US$1.5bn into Tonkolili project

Shares in African Minerals Ltd were up 20% this morning after the company announced a binding agreement with a state-owned Chinese entity over the Tonkolili iron-ore project in Sierra Leone. The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Shandong Iron & Steel Group Co Ltd includes a three-stage, US$1.5 billion investment for approximately 25% of the project, valuing Tonkolili at [...]

Reckless attempt on President’s life and Ban Ki-Moon’s!

Was it a reckless threat on the President’s life and that of the Mr. Ban Ki-Moon? This was comment made by on-lookers that were present at the scene when the attempted accident on the president’s life occurred during his state ride with the visiting UN Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon in the same vehicle after [...]

Welcome Ban-Ki Moon

That Sierra Leone is hosting the first gentleman of the UN family in the person of Mr. Ban-Ki Moon  is no longer news. What perhaps could be news is that he is coming at a time when Sierra Leone is in the process of redeeming, some call it re-branding, its battered image after years of [...]

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