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MiningSierra Leone YTD Diamond Exports +25%

Wednesday, 26 May 2010

article thumbnailDiamond exports from Sierra Leone rose approximately 25 percent to $35 million in the first five months of 2010, compared to the same period last year, a senior government official...
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CultureFate of Freetown hotel tells story of Sierra Leone

Monday, 24 May 2010

article thumbnailIn Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, a hotel made famous by authorGraham Greene has come to symbolise a country caught in a cycle of conflict and decay. It was only a pile of rubble but it had...
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  • Anvil Group receives contract to safeguard health care in Sierra Leone 12:13 (GMT) - 2.09.2010

    UK based security company, The Anvil Group, has been awarded a contract by a long-standing client to safeguard the health and security of its international workforce during a construction project in Sierra Leone.

  • KBC News 10:50 (GMT) - 2.09.2010

    Sierra Leone's star striker Mohamed Kallon is to miss his country's opening qualifying game for the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations.

  • Sierra Leone tourists to build their own eco-resort 18:12 (GMT) - 1.09.2010

    For many people, the name Sierra Leone still conjures up images of the country's decade-long civil war and subsequent war crimes trials.

  • The Anvil Group Secures Contract to Provide Specialist Medical Care in Sierra Leone 14:28 (GMT) - 1.09.2010

    LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--UK based security company, The Anvil Group, has been awarded a contract by a long-standing client to safeguard the health and security of its international workforce during a construction project in Sierra Leone. The medical and security professionals, known as MIRA (Medics in Remote Areas) will be on standby to administer healthcare to all employees located in the West ...

  • Students help Sierra Leone 20:12 (GMT) - 31.08.2010

    Moscrop Secondary students are campaigning to build a school for kids in Sierra Leone. A student union-led group will set up a display with photos outside the Vancouver Art Gallery Dec. 27 to 29. For $10, people can buy a brick to go towards building the school.

  • S. Leone opposition members vie for presidential candidacy 19:42 (GMT) - 31.08.2010

    Eighteen members of Sierra Leone's main opposition party will seek nomination as the official presidential candidate in 2012 elections, the leader of the Sierra Leone People's Party said Tuesday.

  • Sierra Leone to be leader in organic cocoa 12:54 (GMT) - 31.08.2010

    After years of civil war, Sierra Leone re-enters world cocoa trade. read more

  • Tribewanted Builds a Unique Community in Sierra Leone 2:02 (GMT) - 31.08.2010

    For Westerners, mention of Sierra Leone likely conjures images of blood diamonds, wealth disparity, and unrest. But on the coast of that West African nation, nearly a decade after the end of its civil war, you can see waves of change. Nowhere are they more apparent than on the shores of John Obey beach, where an intrepid organization called Tribewanted aims to build a unique community through a ...

  • Sierra Leone 'king' visits Roughlee to says thanks for charity work 1:13 (GMT) - 31.08.2010

    Roughlee had a brush with royalty when the paramount chief of Kailahun stepped foot in the village to say a personal thank you for the charity work being done in his home country of Sierra Leone.

  • Sierra Leone: Rebel Leader Apologies to Nation at Taylor Trial 18:45 (GMT) - 28.08.2010

    In concluding his evidence today as the 19th defense witness for Charles Taylor, Issa Hassan Sesay, the convicted former interim leader of the Sierra Leonean rebel group which Mr. Taylor is accused of supporting, used the opportunity to apologise to the people of Sierra Leone for his role in the conflict and the actions of his Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel group.

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  • Africa: Leaders Launch Green Revolution Forum 8:21 (GMT) - 3.09.2010

    African heads of state, private sector leaders and agricultural experts are meeting in Accra, Ghana today to inaugurate the African Green Revolution Forum.

  • Côte d'Ivoire: UN Urges Finalization of Voters List 5:23 (GMT) - 3.09.2010

    The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) today called for the finalization of the voters' list to ensure that electoral process was proceeding according to schedule, as the West African country heads towards presidential polls on 31 October.

  • Côte d'Ivoire: No Political Mandate, No Development 5:16 (GMT) - 3.09.2010

    Continued election delays and political turmoil have for years been used as excuses to justify poor governance and the lack of investment in public services, say civil society groups and public sector workers.

  • Ghana: SMEs Must Manage Loans Prudently 17:09 (GMT) - 2.09.2010

    Small and medium-scale entrepreneurs need to use loans obtained from banks prudently to win the confidence of the banks and the entire financial system.

  • Ghana: Ayew Admits to High Expectations 17:09 (GMT) - 2.09.2010

    Andre Ayew anticipates a tough 2012 African Nations Cup qualifying campaign which Ghana begins this weekend against Swaziland amid the expectation surrounding the national team.

  • Ghana: Country Deserves B+ Rating - IMF 16:46 (GMT) - 2.09.2010

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has credited the basis upon which Standard and Poor (S&P) downgraded the country's credit worthiness from B+ to B.

  • NIGERIA: Educating the nomads

    KADUNA Tuesday, August 31, 2010 (IRIN) - The children of most Nigerian nomads fall through the education net – the focus is to teach them the family trade, and their wandering lifestyle means they seldom attend school – but as the nomadic way of life becomes increasingly unsustainable, educators and state authorities are finding innovative ways to remedy this.

  • CAMEROON: Soaring child malnutrition in north

    KOUSSERI Friday, August 27, 2010 (IRIN) - Northern Cameroon, as in much of Africa’s western Sahel band, has unusually high child malnutrition this lean season between harvests - high even for an impoverished region where poor nutrition is common and most of the five million people lack access to safe water and sanitation.

  • IN-DEPTH: Food and nutrition crisis in Niger and the Western Sahel

    DAKAR Tuesday, August 31, 2010 (IRIN) - The West African Sahel is facing one of the worst food and nutrition crises in recent years.

  • NIGER: Almost 200,000 displaced by floods

    DAKAR Friday, August 27, 2010 (IRIN) - Further heavy rains in Niger have caused the number of people displaced by flooding to soar from 111,000 last week to 198,740 this week, says the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), which is calling on donors and aid agencies to urgently send shelter materials, blankets and mosquito nets.

Africa News

  • Africa’s Green Revolution Forum starts 14:03 (GMT) - 2.09.2010 AfricaNews - RSS Society

    International leaders expressed their commitment to transforming agriculture in Africa while opening the inaugural African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Accra, Ghana. The AGRF, chaired by former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, is being held for the first time in Africa. With more than 800 delegates it is one of the continent’s major gatherings…

  • SA ends special deal for Zimbabwe migrants 12:00 (GMT) - 2.09.2010 AfricaNews - RSS Society

    South Africa will stop at the end of the year a special deal granted to thousands of Zimbabweans, who were allowed to enter Africa's largest economy without documents, a cabinet spokesman said. The special dispensation was introduced in April last year during political instability in Zimbabwe, where hundreds of thousands flee to SA. "After…

  • Poultry industry in Ghana threatened 11:30 (GMT) - 2.09.2010 AfricaNews - RSS Society

    Interest groups in poultry and livestock business are looking up to a more rationalized national economic policy that favours indigenous Ghanaian farmers. They are worried the influx of imported poultry products threatens food security and employment generation for the youth. Poultry farmers in the Ashanti region have been attending a seminar on “Guides…

  • Malawi: Three die in religious ritual 10:45 (GMT) - 2.09.2010 AfricaNews - RSS Society

    In a horrific Hollywood style horror movie enactment, three members of the same family died when they threw themselves in a raging fire - one after another. Five children from one family were allegedly misled by a pastor beyond their physical and emotional control. The scenario also had great depictions of a Nigerian Nollywood witchcraft spoof. Beamed…

  • EU supports AU mission in Somalia 10:00 (GMT) - 2.09.2010 AfricaNews - RSS Society

    The EU said supporting the AU Mission in Somalia is "crucial" to prevent the security situation from deteriorating. The European Commission was contributing nearly $60 million to assist AMISOM's peacekeeping force in the country. Catherine Ashton, the EU high representative for foreign affairs, said supporting AMISOM was vital for the…

  • SA public sector strike set to continue 9:30 (GMT) - 2.09.2010 AfricaNews - RSS Society

    South Africa's public sector strike set to continue SA's public sector strike is set to continue after the main trade union federation rejected an improved wage offer from the government. The Cosatu federation said the majority of its affiliated unions had voted against the proposal. The strike - now into its third week - has seen many schools…

  • South Africa wage offer increased 12:19 (GMT) - 31.08.2010 BBC News - Africa

    South Africa's government increases its wage offer to more than a million striking public sector workers, but it is below the union's demand.

  • Russian pilots released in Darfur 12:01 (GMT) - 31.08.2010 BBC News - Africa

    Three Russian pilots kidnapped in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region two days ago are released, regional officials and Russia's Khartoum embassy say.

  • South Sudan to end child soldiers 9:01 (GMT) - 31.08.2010 BBC News - Africa

    The army in south Sudan pledges to demobilise all child soldiers by the end of the year.

  • Live - Transfer deadline day 7:00 (GMT) - 31.08.2010 BBC News - Africa

    A busy day of last-gasp deals is expected with the summer transfer window slamming shut at 1800 BST on Tuesday.

  • Cairo zoo puts lions on the pill 5:52 (GMT) - 31.08.2010 BBC News - Africa

    Vets at Cairo's Giza Zoo are experimenting with the human birth control pill in an attempt to slow their rapidly expanding population of lions.

  • Mortars kill Somalia peacekeepers 19:21 (GMT) - 30.08.2010 BBC News - Africa

    Four African Union peacekeepers are killed as a mortar hits Somalia's presidential palace, officials say.

Africa Business

  • Africa: Online technology to transform businesses 15:00 (GMT) - 1.09.2010

    With the FIFA World Cup transforming South Africa's infrastructure with high-speed rail systems, better roads and state-of-the-art power systems, now is the time for African businesses to also take economical advantage of the other benefit of the tournament - online technology. This year's CIO Africa summit promises to be the best to date with…

  • Ethiopia devaluates its currency 11:30 (GMT) - 1.09.2010

    The National Bank of Ethiopia (NBE) announced today that it has devaluated the national currency of the country (birr) against major international currencies by about 20 percent. One US dollar which was equivalent to 13.62 birr will be exchanged at 16.35 Ethiopian birr as of today (September 1, 2010). The measure taken by NBE is expected to make import…

  • Muammar Gaddafi in Italy for business 13:12 (GMT) - 29.08.2010

    Outspoken Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is in Rome, Italy for a two-day visit that has aroused a mixture of curiosity and controversy over Tripoli's growing influence in the Italian economy. The leader of the northern African country arrived on Sunday and would meet Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Monday. According to Reuters, media…

  • Malawi: AU leader hails Barack Obama 13:06 (GMT) - 27.08.2010

    The African Union chairperson and Malawi president, Bingu wa Mutharika, said Barak Obama managed to convince rich countries to change Africa food support policy. He said there was now a shift from supporting Africa with food aid to providing needs to self food sustenance. Speaking during the official launch of the Malawi 2010 Agricultural Fair, Mutharika…

  • Africa: $100 funding for farmers 12:38 (GMT) - 27.08.2010

    Farmers in four African countries are to benefit from a Standard Bank $100 million project in the next three years. The objective is to boost agricultural production and economic growth, CEO for Africa Clive Tasker said on Friday. Farmers in Uganda, Ghana, Mozambique and Tanzania are to gain from the pilot credit scheme. It hopes to help some African…

  • Bright economic future for Africa - Book 12:06 (GMT) - 26.08.2010

    Africa is heading towards a bright economic future, according to a new book co-authored by the former director of the French state agency for economic cooperation. "The vision that we in Europe have of Africa - of a continent frozen in poverty and disease - is simply wrong," Jean-Michel Severino declared. In the book "Le temps de l'Afrique"…

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