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Sierra Leone shocks Bafana Bafana in 2010 World Cup/ CAN qualifiers
Sierra Leone's National football squad Leone Stars on Saturday shocked South Africa's Bafana Bafana 1-0 in their 2010 World Cup/ CAN qualifying match played...
Football : Nigeria’s miracle goal against Sierra Leone in 2010 WC / CAN qualifiers
Nigeria's Super Eagles Saturday successfully beat the Leone Stars in the 2010 World Cup /African Nations Cup qualifiers. Joseph Yobo scored an only goal...
Massive dismissals of Sierra Leone policemen
Ninety Four police personnel, including two superintendents, one Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), five women police constables (WPC), have been dismissed for falling foul...
Football : Sierra Leone meets Nigeria and South Africa in 2010 World Cup qualifiers
Sierra Leones national soccer squad the Leone Stars will take on the flying eagles of Nigeria and the Bafana Bafana boys 7 and 14...
Sierra Leone gov’t closes opposition radio station
Sierra Leone's opposition "Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP) Radio Unity FM 94.0 has unceremoniously gone off air.
The opposition Party accused the ruling All People's...
Soccer stakeholders in Sierra Leone want national congress
Football stakeholders nationwide have called on the president of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), Nahim Khadi, and his executive to immediately summon a...
Charles Taylor’s billions traced in US banks
Charles Taylor, the former head of state of Liberia, who is currently being tried in the Hague by the Special Court for Sierra Leone...
BADEA director arrives in Senegal
The director general of the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA), Abdelaziz Khelef, was billed to arrive in Senegal Thursday as part...
BADEA reschedules US$9.7 million debt
The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) has relieved the Government of Sierra Leone of a debt of about US$9.7 million in...
FIFA : Ban on Sierra Leone national stadium lifted
The world Soccer Governing body, Federation of International Football Association (FIFA) has conditionally lifted the ban on Sierra Leone's National Stadium.
According to Sierra Leone's...
BADEA assesses $43 m projects in Sierra Leone
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa’s (BADEA) Director General Abdell Aziz Khelef is on a three-day visit to Sierra Leone primarily to assess...
Nigeria reconsiders position on refugees
Nigeria's Federal Executive Council has approved a ''cessation clause'' in respect of refugees from Liberia and Sierra Leone who have been staying in Nigeria...
Elections go smoothly in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone's National Electoral Commission said it successfully conducted four bye-elections in different parts of the country on Saturday.
The elections, contested by three major...
Single currency for west africa to begin
The common currency for five West African states, the ECO, whose launch has been postponed twice already, will become legal tender at the end...
Nigeria plays host to Cricket tournament
This year's North-West Africa Cricket Championship featuring 6 countries: Nigeria, Morocco, Ghana, Gambia, Mali and Sierra Leone will be held in Nigeria. Last year's...
Germany donates €4m to fight HIV/AIDS in Sierra Leone
Germany has donated 4 million euros to Sierra Leone to boost the African nation's fight against HIV/AIDS. The donation was handed over to Sierra...
UN fights Female Genital Mutilation in Sierra Leone
The United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) has called on the Government to apply a zero tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)....
UNFPA donates drugs to Sierra Leone
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has donated drugs and medical equipment worth US$15 million to Sierra Leone's Ministry of Health and Sanitation to...
Sierra Leone’s govt. continues purge of pro-opposition officials
The government of Sierra Leone has asked five top government officials to proceed on leave, in what is widely believed to be a move...
Libya reiterates Africa’s demand for two UN Security Council seats
Libya on Friday reiterated Africa's position that the continent should be given two permanent seats with all privileges, including the veto, on the United...
Britain boosts Sierra Leone’s energy, revenue sectors with 36m pounds
Britain's Secretary of State for International Development Douglas Alexander has announced two programmes of assistance totaling 36 million pounds to Sierra Leone. According to...
Sierra Leone’s opposition PMDC ends alliance with ruling party
Sierra Leone's opposition People's Movement for Democratic Change (PMDC), whose alliance with the All People's Congress (APC) helped propel it (APC) to victory in...
Sierra Leone : Government probes unrest in diamond-mining area
The Sierra Leone government has called for an inquiry into unrest over diamond-mining operations in the east of the country after residents were killed...
Sierra Leone : The war is over but violence against women continues
Raped, tortured and used as slaves during the civil war, the maltreatment of women continues in Sierra Leone. Despite some latest changes, neither the...
President Bai Koroma off to Senegal
Freetown, Sierra Leone (PANA) – Sierra Leonean President Earnest Bai Koroma left Freetown on Saturday for Senegal for a one-day visit at the invitation...