June 19, 2013
Sierra Leone News
Sierra Leone: Gov’t releases 2013 citizen’s budget
June 13, 2013The Sierra Leonean government has released the second citizen’s budget, after the successful release of the first budget last year. The citizen's budget is a simplified version of the national budget.
Sierra Leone: One person killed in Casino shootout
June 11, 2013A shootout at a Casino in Freetown witnessed the killing of a close protection officer attached to the state house.
Sierra Leone strives to improve water, sanitation access
May 21, 2013A two day conference on water, hygiene and Sanitation has been held in Freetown, Sierra Leone. It was under the theme: ‘WASH for all: addressing the current and growing challenge facing the country’.
Sierra Leone and China signed $6Billion investment
May 14, 2013The Government of Sierra Leone has signed a memorandum of understanding with China Kingho energy group for the construction of a railway costing six billion United States dollars linking Tonkolili in the north and Sulima in the south of the country.
Sierra Leone: Police arrest petroleum dealers in Kenema
May 9, 2013Police in the eastern district of Kenema have arrested petroleum dealers for hiking price on petroleum products. Products were sold at Le 8,000 approximately 2 United States dollars far above the official price of Le 4,500 per liter approximately one united stated dollars
Sierra Leone fights fake drugs
April 26, 2013The Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone has destroyed over 1 billion Leones worth of counterfeit, expired and substandard products approximately two hundred and thirty three thousand Dollars.
Sierra Leone: Opposition SLPP supporters clash with police
April 24, 2013Supporters of the main opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party, the SLPP, have clashed with police after storming the premises of the court building to witness the petition case of the party.
S. Leone suffers safe drinking water hiccup
December 14, 2012Most communities in Sierra Leone, including the capital, Freetown, are facing serious shortages of safe drinking water, with the most affected being children and women who become vulnerable to water-borne diseases.
According to the 2011 State of the World Children report, the lives of nearly 4,000 children could be saved in Sierra Leone, if it met the Millennium Development Goals to halve the proportion of people without safe drinking water by 2015.
S. Leone: Farmers claim mines ruining crops
December 12, 2012Since the end of 11 years of civil unrest in 2002, Sierra Leone’s huge mineral deposits have attracted foreign mining companies, one of which is the British-owned London Mining Company that started mining operations in 2006.
But more than one hundred farmers in Marampa mines in Lunsar have been complaining about pollution by the company that is affecting their farm lands.
S. Leone: Parliament gets 1st woman minority leader
December 11, 2012The main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) has elected a woman member of parliament as minority leader, making her the first-ever woman to hold the post in the history of the country.
Dr. Bernadette Lahai defeated two SLPP male lawmakers to earn the historic feat in a parliament comprising only the ruling All People’s Congress and SLPP.
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