WFP Scales up Safety Nets in Support of the Government’s Agenda for Change

Freetown – The United Nations World Food Programme Executive Board has recently approved changes to its country portfolio which will allow it to better reach hungry vulnerable and malnourished people in Sierra Leone and support the government’s Agenda for Change until the end of 2012. An increase of US$23 million in the ongoing Country Programme [...]

50th Independence Anniversary Celebrations

In 2011, Sierra Leone will be celebrating its 50th Independence Anniversary. At the national level, His Excellency the President, Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma has appointed a national committee to organize year-long celebrations in 2011 to mark our Golden Jubilee with the theme “ Sierra Leone 50 years forward” – “celebrating a new Sierra Leone.” At [...]

Obituary: Reverend Henry Crispin Bernard – Harlem New York

The Bernard family regrets to announce the death of Rev. Henry Crispin Bernard aged 76. He was until his death Associate Senior Pastor of Saint Mark United Methodist Church in Harlem, New York. He passed away 3 p.m., on July 26th, at the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan. (Photo: the late Henry Crispin Bernard) He [...]

President Koroma’s envoys impress Saudi lecturer

As this year’s Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) draws nearer, a Sierra Leonean based Saudi Arabia Lecturer has commended President Ernest Koroma’s envoys in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for the “professional and effective” handling of last year’s hajj to the holy land of Mecca. (Photo: President Ernest Bai Koroma) Ibrahim Yousuf Sillah, a Lecturer at one [...]

2nd Annual African Diaspora Festival

Lincoln Park, Newark, USA, Sunday August 8, 2010 – All day cultural performances including people of African descent, from Africa, The Americas, the Caribbean Islands and beyond. Bringing together people of African descent and people of other communities to celebrate shared ancestry, history, and spiritual heritage. Click on flyers below for more detailed information. Stay [...]

Two Chiefdoms’ matters

The ministry of local government and community development is also in charge of chiefdom administration. While affairs in most chiefdoms are running smoothly, in a few others there is uncertainty and concern either because the people do not understand the government’s policy or position on them. Ministers of local government are sometimes put in an [...]

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