August 2

• Sierra Leone: Partners to Develop Cricket in Liberia

  The Sierra Leone Cricket Association SLCA has partnered with neighboring Liberia to coordinate the development of cricket in both countries and encourage Liberians to start playing... Read more »

May 30

• Sierra Leone: Taylor to Be Sentenced on Wednesday

  The sentencing judgement in the trial of convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor will take place on Wednesday, 30 May 2012 at 11:00 am local time in the STL courtroom in... Read more »

May 10

• Liberia: In Sierra Leone, the Charles Taylor War Shattered the Lives of My Generation

  A United Nations backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in The Hague has found former Liberian leader Charles Taylor guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during the Sierra Leone... Read more »

March 23

• Liberia/Sierra Leone: Referees to Officiate in Country

  Sierra Leonean referees will be in charge of Saturday's CAF Confederation Cup match between Liberia's Invincible Eleven and Wydad Athletic Club of Morocco. Read more »

December 9, 2011

• Sierra Leone: Local Embassy in Monrovia Rehabilitated

  The public is hereby informed that the Embassy of the Republic of Sierra Leone located on 15th Street, Sinkor, Monrovia has completed the rehabilitation of its Chancery building... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Seven Stowaway Citizens Repatriated

  Coker Seven Sierra Leoneans believed to be hawkers from the Queen Elizabeth II Quay in Cline Town, Freetown have been repatriated to Sierra Leone. Read more »

November 25, 2011

• Sierra Leone: National Aids Commission Boosts Liberian Refugees

  As part of activities to commemorate World AIDS Day, the National AIDS Secretariat with support from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) last week provided... Read more »

November 15, 2011

• Sierra Leone: Liberia's Prince Y. Johnson - Is He a Man of the People?

  The name Prince Yeduo Johnson, the rebel leader that initially played a key role in Liberia's civil conflict, means different things to different people. Some people regard him as... Read more »

October 25, 2011

• Sierra Leone: Like Charles Margai Like Prince Johnson [opinion]

  Charles Francis Margai, for most Sierra Leoneans can best be described with two known adjectives: a learned legal luminary and politician. While he may have a lot of legal... Read more »

October 21, 2011

• Liberia: Rhythm and Blues of Liberia's Presidential Election [analysis]

  The second stadium in the Liberian capital of Monrovia, Antoinette Tubman stadium was packed to the rafters. For the first time, both ex combatants and victims of the country's... Read more »

September 9, 2011

• Sierra Leone: Liberian Foreign Minister Meets President Koroma

  Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Liberia, Dr. Toga Gayewea McIntosh, who was on a tri-nation tour of the Mano River Union region on Thursday (1st September 2011)... Read more »

August 29, 2011

• Sierra Leone: View Point - Perspectives On Libyan Crisis [column]

  Certainly the Libyan rebels, sometimes referred to as 'freedom fighters', have finally arrived at the Presidential Palace in Tripoli, the Libyan capital thereby achieving their... Read more »

August 10, 2011

• Sierra Leone/Liberia: Five Foreign-Based Named for Liberia Friendly

  Five foreign-based players have been named by Leone Stars coach Christian Cole ahead of Sierra Leone's international friendly match against the Lone Stars of Liberia in Monrovia. Read more »

August 8, 2011

• Sierra Leone/Liberia: Leone Stars to Face Liberia in Friendly

  The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) has confirmed that the senior national team, Leone Stars will face Lone Stars of Liberia in an international friendly clash in Monrovia... Read more »

July 21, 2011

• West Africa: President Koroma Returns From MRU Summit in Liberia

  President Ernest Bai Koroma has returned home after attending the Ministerial Council Meeting and Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Mano River Union in... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Standing Ovation for Country's Ambassador in Liberia [document]

  Sierra Leone's Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia and La Cote d'Ivoire, Rev. Dr. Mrs. Marie Jilo Barnett received a standing ovation last week at a well attended official... Read more »

June 6, 2011

• Sierra Leone: Former Concord Times Editor Honoured in Liberia

  In his capacity as Officer-in-Charge, Head of Field Office (HOFO), Sierra Leonean-born Osman Benk Sankoh was last Friday given what he considered the highest honour and privilege... Read more »

February 10, 2011

• Sierra Leone: UK 'Rescues' Special Court With One Million British Pounds

  As part of support for Sierra Leone's post-conflict recovery efforts, the UK government has provided a further £1 million to the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The grant... Read more »

February 4, 2011

• Liberia: More Relief for Ivorian Refugees

  As Ivorians continue to cross over to seek refuge in Liberia with most of them arriving with virtually nothing, a UNHCR-chartered McDonnell Douglas MD11 arrived in the West African... Read more »

February 3, 2011

• Sierra Leone: Liberians, Gambians Join RSLAF Training

  Military students from Liberia and the Gambia are presently taking part in an ongoing Junior Staff Course at the Horton Academy, Wilberforce in western Freetown. This was disclosed... Read more »

January 31, 2011

• Sierra Leone: Women Get Help in Liberia

  As women play a major role in the agricultural sector as small-scale producers and a reliable labour force, more than 800 Sierra Leonean women and their families living in five... Read more »

January 20, 2011

• Sierra Leone: MRU Holds Emergency Committee Meeting in Liberia

  Sierra Leone's deputy Foreign Affairs minister has voiced her country's full commitment to upholding the tenets of democracy and good governance within the sub-region. Read more »

December 9, 2010

• Liberia: Ambassador Barnett Helps Reintegrate Sierra Leone Refugees in Nation

  Sierra Leone's Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia joined UNHCR country representative Ibrahima Coly, LCRRR's Sahr Nyuma and Liberian government officials and their implementing... Read more »

December 3, 2010

• Sierra Leone: Oil and Gas Workshop Ends in Monrovia

  Legal luminaries in the oil and gas sector from three West African countries (Mali, Sierra Leone and Liberia) recently converged in Monrovia, Liberia for a three-day seminar on... Read more »

• Sierra Leone: Nation Envoy Pays Courtesy Call on DSRSG in Liberia

  Sierra Leone's Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia, Rev. Dr. Mrs. Marie Jilo Barnett has paid a courtesy call on the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General for... Read more »