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- The Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Joseph Sam Sesay, appreciated the bank’s positive response to Sierra Leone’s development agenda particularly in the area of support to the agriculture sector. He highlighted the positive impact the IDB funded project for capacity building for palm oil production, processing and marketing could make on the lives of the project community and the country as a whole.While assuring the delegation of Government’s commitment to ensure the success of the project, Dr. Sam Sesay also expressed Government’s strong desire to expand the project from its pilot phase to a national programme. “The country is in a hurry”, he said.Palm oil…

- Revealing this to a new conference at Mamba Point, in the capital Freetown recently, the Single Leg Amputee Sport Club Public Relations Office known as the PRO, Albert Manley Mustapha said that Africell is the only mobile company in the country that has given hand in boosting them both morally and financially.He went on to say that they are not too surprise over the support because Africell has been given similar support to Sierra Leone’s National Football Team Leone Stars.The Single Leg Amputee Sport Club, the PRO went on, started in 2007, but their initiative and commitment has transformed them to a continental level.Speaking on behalf of Africell, the Commercial Director, Joe Amar…

- In order to carry out humanitarian work to alleviate poverty and Yoga in villages outside Freetown and the provinces, two representatives of Isha Foundation based in India are currently in the country. Zabbal and Marie Christine Jabr, both Lebanese nationals have spent the last three weeks visiting Bureh Town, Lakka and eight communities around Tiwa Island declared a wildlife Sanctuary by the UN. Natalie told our correspondent in an interview that they are in the country on the auspices of the Environmental Foundation for Africa (EFA) of which Mrs. Rosham Ahmed is a member also one of the trustees at Isha Foundation. According to them they said that this is there first time to…

- The Director of National AIDS Secretariat (NAS), Dr. Brima Kargbo has said in the capital Freetown few weeks ago that the conventional methods of HIV/AIDS prevention, normally referred to as the ABC method can sometimes be unreliable, especially among youths who are more vulnerable to the risk of HIV/AIDS infection in the country In an exclusive interview with our Sierra Leone correspondent, Dr Kargbo said a thorough abstinence method of HIV/AIDS prevention must be expanded so that the method will include many other human situations other than abstaining from sex alone, which is just one form of abstinence. He spoke on the reliability of the ABC method and warned all the youths in…

- The FIFA letter, dated 7th April, was in respect of a letter written by SLFA dated 31st March and 4th April 2008 respectively in reply to the banning of the country’s national stadium. The letter, according to the SLFA officials, was issued to the Secretariat on the 19th March this year. According to the letter, FIFA noted “with satisfaction that the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports has intimated an urgent plan and subsequent funding in order to fulfill the recommendation issued by FIFA on the occasion of the previous Stadium inspection in 2006 and 2007.”SLFA officials told our correspondent in the capital Freetown that no specific date was mention in the lett…

- Reports monitored from Kenema states that President Ernest Bai Koroma received a rousing welcome from local authorities, paramount chiefs, women and youths led by the Resident Minister of the Eastern Province, William Juana Smith. The President was in Kenema Township on the invitation of the Eastern Polytechnic to participate in the convocation ceremony at which degrees and other meritorious certificates and diplomas were conferred to successful students of the Polytechnic. But as the visit became a reality, the elders and local authorities in Kenema, including the paramount chiefs asked the Resident Minister of the Eastern Province, William Juana Smith, not to allow any group to…

- A good number of refugees interviewed told our correspondent about their desire to be re-repatriated to a third country while others revealed their yearning to be integrated into the Liberia community.Some of the refugees pointed out that they are not sure whether Sierra Leone, despite the relative peace, is economically stable with prices of food and other basic commodities soaring almost on a daily basis.But few others expressed fear of being targeted as a result of the roles they played during the country’ eleven year brutal civil war.One of the refugees, Vincent Tommy, who claimed to have left the country since the war was officially declared over in 2002 asserted, “Sierra…

- According to the organizers, WACS is charged with the responsibility to organize Post-Graduate Surgical Training and encompasses all the Anglophobe, Francophone and Lusophone countries in West Africa . The late Sierra Leoneon Surgeon specialist, Dr. A.O Olu-Williams, was a founder member of this college in 1960, the main aim of the College being enhancing capacity building and training of Surgeons and other Surgical Sub-Specialists. Dr. Olu-Williams in 1984, when the conference was held in Sierra Leone gave a paper entitle “Meeting Sierra Leone Manpower needs.” “As you are aware most of our Consultants are over sixty (60) years (95%) Some even over seventy (70) ye…

- This was disclosed by the Sierra Leone Ministry Of Health and Sanitation (MOHS) during the launching on Wednesday January 30, this year, at the Miatta Conference Hall in the capital Freetown. This project will benefit five districts in the country, including Bo, Bonthe, Port Loko, Kenema and Tonkolili. The project aims is to improve access to quality essential health care and to enhance the institutional capacity of the Ministry of Health and Sanitation.  The African Development Bank Representative, Margaret Kilo, said the project will cost a total of 86.3 billion Leones (local currency), of which 77.6 billion Leones will be provided by a grant of the African Development Fund and 8.6…

- The Government secondary school for Girls Mathora has on the 2nd February 2008 celebrated its 49th anniversary at an impressive ceremony held at the school Compound. The occasion, which was attended by present and past pupils of the school including residents of both Mathora and Magburaka, was described as ‘First of it kind’ since its foundation on September 1958. Addressing the congregation, the Principal Ms. Vivian Sally Senesie says this year’s ceremony has a special note of significance as it start the planning for the for next year’s bi-Centenary celebration when both old and present students are expected to evaluate their past, assess their present and m…

- In honor of Black History Month, United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone June Carter Perry hosted a film showing and discussion on Monday, February 4 at Kissy Library.  The film, “African American Lives,” was written by the eminent African-American scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, and the showing was open to the public.In her introductory remarks, Ambassador Perry remembered her own involvement in the civil rights movement in Chicago and around the United States, including her work with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the leader of the non-violent civil rights movement in the United States and an advocate for human rights around the world.&n…

- In a colourful ceremony held last Thursday, 31st February, 2008, the organization distributed to several camps including Grafton resettlement, Jui Kobba Town resettlement, Hastings resettlement, Benguema Road Resettlement, 555 Camp Waterloo, Newton Amputee and War Wounded Resettlement Waterloo and Ahmadiyya Agriculture Secondary School Newton. Addressing beneficiaries at the various resettlement camps, the Coordinator for Sierra Unite-Sierra Leone, Mr. Alusine Osaio Kamara, who is also the Safety Manager of Sierra Leone Ports Authority, disclosed that such a wonderful venture was the idea of Sierra Leoneans.  He said the gesture is a humanitarian one and promised to continue helping n…

- China Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Cheng Wenju, has lauded the bilateral relationship between China and Sierra Leone dating back to 1971 when the Sierra Leone government was part of other countries that advocated to the United Nations to recognise China as the legitimate representative of the Chinese people at the world’s highest body. At a press briefing held at the Embassy’s Spur Road Office in the Capital Freetown, the Chinese Ambassador line up the infrastructural developments so far the China government has implemented in the country. He said some of this infrastructural development include the construction of the ultra-modern national stadium, the military headquar…

- The new executive of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) today paid its first courtesy call on President Ernest Bai Koroma at State House. Led by out-gone SLAJ President and current Minister of Information and Communication, Ibrahim Ben Kargbo, the executive congratulated the President on his election victory that catapulted him from opposition leader to the presidency. While introducing the executive, Secretary General Ibrahim Karim-Sei said the visit was long overdue but “God’s time is the best”. He said SLAJ was formed some 37 years ago to protect the interests of journalists and had gone through some reforms and restructuring through the years. He sa…

- Bumbuna town was the centre of government business over the weekend following the decision of His Excellency President Ernest Bai Koroma to conduct the first ever presidential retreat for ministers, deputy ministers, and other distinguished government functionaries. The motive behind the retreat was for the President to share his vision of moving the country forward through his agenda for change and how he expected his ministers and all other government officials to assist in actualizing that vision. In presenting this vision on Saturday 12th January 2008, President Koroma told his audience that he inherited a country with a constitution that called for separation of powers but q…

- Speaking at a colourful ceremony held at the Ginger Hall Community Health Centre, east of Freetown, Chairman of the occasion Ahmed K. Koroma said the issue of HIV/AIDS was a global menace. He noted that they heard of the diseases years back in other countries but today the disease had spread all over the country.  The Chairman explained that some people had a wrong mentality about the HIV/AIDS pandemic which, he said, was not real but he insisted that HIV/AIDS was real, and warned Sierra Leoneans to be careful about the pandemic.Commenting on the issue of voluntary test, Councilor Ibrahim Kamara said it was good for people to do HIV/AIDS test, adding that “the test is done on a…

- The conference started this Wednesday 12th December 2007 and will end on Friday 14th December 2007.  The Conference features both international and local experts in Marine and Fresh Water management. It is said that some of the most shocking facts about the world today are about water and its resources. The chairman of the Foundation for the Development of Sierra Leone {FDSL} Dr Saa Kabuta says water plays a key role in poverty and development issues. Shortages of clean water lead to health problems and even death. Everyday, 5000 children die from a lack of clean water and bad sanitation. Over a billion people in the world do not have access to clean drinking water and over…

- The Workshop aims at familiarizing participants with update information and training materials that would address issues relating to medical criteria for use of contraceptives and their efficacy, management and side effects. Addressing the opening ceremony, the Director of Hospitals and Laboratory Services and Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Alhaji Dr. Kisito Sheku Daoh underscored the importance of the programme in relation to Maternal and Child Health, adding that the training among other key objectives also aimed at upgrading and standardized the Family Planning counseling skills of the participants. The quality of counseling provided by family planning service providers, Dr. Da…

- Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Mohamed Koroma, performed the officially opening and also chaired the programme. He described the annual trade fair in Sierra Leone as an initiative to providing a unique opportunity in consolidating the long standing bilateral relationship between the two countries and strengthening the trade ties. He went on to say that President Ernest Bai Koroma continued to lay emphasis on how he intends running the country as a business because previous government had failed the nation. On the other hand though, he stressed President Koroma zeal to prioritize the private sector which provides immediate result in every country. The Deputy Min…

- The task force component comprises 1,500 of the 6, 500 strong ESF being created for deployment in Peace Support Operations (PSO) as specified under the ,African Union security architecture that requires that regional peacekeeping forces become operational by 2010. The 11-day exercise, which begins on 29th November 2007, will test the deployment and sustainment capabilities of the TF, the Command and Control of the various Headquarters in PSO at the operational and tactical levels and the strategic relationship with partners in the areas of troops lift/deployment, logistics and operational support in the field. Previously an annual bilateral military exercise between France and Se…

- Volunteers around the world usually celebrate International Volunteer Day on 5 December each year..  The move for a full national celebration can be credited to a network called ‘Volunteering Involving Organisations’ (VIO) which has been recently established by active volunteer organizations in Sierra Leone. VIO is a coalition of like-minded organizations which all believe that volunteerism, if harnessed properly, can be a force for development in the country. The forum has been created to act as a coordinating body for all volunteer organisations, to mainstream volunteerism and to lobby for a national volunteering framework. The VIO network will be at the forefront o…

- WFP says donor countries have invested billions of dollars into anti-retroviral treatment (ART) and other medication to counter the growing impact of AIDS in developing countries. But they may overlook the irony that people receiving life-saving drugs often lack food and clean water. As with any drug, anti-retroviral are more effective when people are adequately nourished. Food support can play an important role in ensuring that people who lack food benefit fully from their treatment. “It is irresponsible to ignore the issue of hunger and malnutrition particularly in the battle against AIDS,” said WFP Deputy Executive Director Sheila Sisulu. “Why should we write off…

- They were arrested in a police swoop following clashes in Koquima, Tankoro Chiefdom last week in which two houses were set on fire, property looted and diamonds carted away. Chief Adviser to President Ernest Bai  Koroma, Mr. John Yambasu was in Kono to settle the long standing rivalry between the two parties and the release of the suspects was done in the name of peace. SLPP complained that it members have came under persistent harassment from APC loyalists since the announcement of the Presidential election results. APC on the other hand, gave the assurance that they will henceforth be law abiding.John Yambasu told them that politics was now over and it would be in the…

- He said he received an offer, not a contract, from AL Hilal FC to play for their club. Kallon said the offer has eight clauses, but he disclosed that he was not comfortable with two of the clauses: 5 and 8.  He however said that clause 5 is about winning match bonus, while clause 8 is about annual air tickets for his family and himself. “I signed the offer and sent it back“, he said in a press release. “I Mohamed Kallon agree to the offer of Al Hilal FC and I’ll be returning to Saudi Arabia to pursue medical test and the signing of agreement. “But please note that Article 5 and 8 will be discussed before signing of the agreement. Contract...&rdq…