Sierra Leone now ranks 160 out of 178 for fewer constraints in doing business in the country. This was revealed in a World Bank and International Finance Corporation report titled Ease of Doing Business, which has been published regularly over the past five years. In Africa, Egypt, Ghana and Kenya ranks among the top ten[...]

The Nigerian High Commission has announced that two Nigerian navy ships “NNS ARADU” and NNS NWAMBA are expected to berth at the Queen Elizabeth II Quay in Freetown for a three-day diplomatic visit between September 29 and October 1. The High Commission stated that the visit is to show friendship and diplomatic support for the[...]

The Executive Director of the Network Movement for Justice and Development (NMJD), Abu Brima has called upon the government of Sierra Leone to reject the European Commission (EC) pressure to conclude the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) negotiations by the end of December this year. The Executive Director was speaking yesterday at the Miatta conference hall[...]

The Director of the National Aids Secretariat (NAS) Dr. Brima Kargbo yesterday disclosed to members of the media that his organization has received the sum of $26, 482,276(twenty six million, four hundred and eighty two thousand two hundred and seventy six dollars) from the Global Fund for the fight against HIV/AIDS. The fight against Aids[...]

The SOS Hermann Gmeiner International School and Kindergartens national teachers’ workshop started yesterday at the school compound in Lumley. Addressing a cross section of teachers from Makeni, Bo and Freetown, the National Education Adviser Sidee Yahya Koroma said that the workshop was to reflect on what “we have done for the past academic year, to[...]

The Principal of Methodist Vocational Secondary School in Kenema Stevens Vandi Tarawally has disclosed to the press that he has put some modalities in place to eradicate teenage pregnancy in his school.    He disclosed that parents have little role in eradicating the rampant spread of teenage pregnancy by encouraging their children to pay attention to[...]

The report card of how former President Tejan Kabbah performed while in office during the years 2000 to 2005 has been released by the Mo Ibrahim foundation which published the Ibrahim index of African governance yesterday Wednesday 25th September 2007. The 60 year old Sudanese born billionaire Dr Mo Ibrahim who is Chairman of the[...]

The pavements and sidewalks of Freetown’s streets have of late been ‘beautified’ with used clothing, house-hold utensils, toiletries, awkward looking used shoes and all sorts of assorted commodities, displayed by petty traders. The streets have become very narrow as humans and cars battle for passage while the sidewalks are occupied by petty traders. Speaking with[...]

Fatmata Cunta was yesterday’s lucky winner of Tigo’s ongoing promotional raffle draw. In her introductory remarks, Tigo’s Public Relations Officer, Jariatu Bah explained that those who qualify for the draw are those who text in the correct answers to the text question asked by Tigo which was who would win the match between ‘Manchester United[...]

Justice Bankole Thompson of Trial Chamber 1 of the Special Court yesterday informed both the Prosecution and Defence teams of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) indictees that the trial will continue from Thursday 4th of October. During the status conference, the Judge said that the Chamber on the 22 July granted the request made by[...]