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Tribute to the late Professor Cecil Magbailey Fyle
By Dr. Abdul Karim Koroma, former Minister of Education, Freetown, Sierra Leone The passing of Cecil Fyle (photo) on Sunday May 23 is truly sad. A great historian with a quick mind and a witty sense of humour. Thinking about him brings back lots of...


African Music Challenge winner to be announced tomorrow
Launched on February 15th 2021 Africa Music Challenge will now draw the curtains to the 2021 Season as we crown the Winner Tuesday May 25th - AFRICA DAY - @ 4:00 PM GMT. Come Join us and celebrate AFRICA DAY WITH us on Zoom and find out who the win...


Prime Minister Trudeau announces additional support for hard-hit African economies
Prime Minister Trudeau announces additional support for hard-hit African economies May 18, 2021 Ottawa, Ontario The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented economic and social challenges worldwide. These effects have been particularly damaging ...


Statement from Chinese embassy in Freetown
Statement by the Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of Sierra Leone Regarding the China-aid Fish Harbour Project I, Du Zijun, Economic and Commercial Counsellor of the Embassy of the ...


Canadian businessman Sam Yehia announces the relaunch of Orato World Media, Inc.
Canadian businessman Sam Yehia (photo) announced this week his new role as publisher in the global relaunch of award-winning digital publishing platform Orato World Media, Inc. After a decade-long hiatus, Orato World Media reentered the market with...


Freetown: Chinese ambassador visits ACC
The Anti-Corruption Commission of Sierra Leone Wednesday hosted the Ambassador of China to Sierra Leone, HE Hu Ziangliang, and had fruitful discussions with regard China's support for our work - which he said was highly commendable, for the mutual b...


Egyptian writer Salwa Bakr
Salwa Bakr (born 1949) is an Egyptian critic, novelist and author. She was born in the Matariyya district in Cairo in 1949. Her father was a railway worker. She studied business at Ain Shams University, gaining a BA degree in 1972. She went on to ea...


Islamic social financing to support efforts to recover and rebuild from COVID-19 pandemic
The United Nations and the Islamic Development Bank (recently) launched an initiative to assist finance efforts to recover better as the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic. Coming at a time when the global health and economic cri...


It's the insurance!
Failure to recognize the intrinsic nexus between the cost of political risk insurance and the rising commodity prices, exchange rates, interest rates and consumer goods, continues afflicting and eluding policy makers in Sierra Leone. This article i...


Press release from Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources
Setting the records straight about the Fish Habour The Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources has read social media reports about a fish mill to be located at the Black Johnson community. The unfounded reports even purport land grabbing from ge...



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