Concord Times (Freetown)
Independent daily from Sierra Leone
July 23
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Sierra Leone: Persons With Disabilities Cry for Help
Disabled persons at the Grafton Old Camp, just outside Freetown, have appealed to non-governmental organizations and members of the public to support them in their livelihood... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Sierra Leonean Writes High Commissioner On Justice
A Sierra Leonean Noel A. Quinty-Williams, living in London, has written a letter to Sierra Leone's High Commissioner to the UK, His Excellency Edward Turay, expressing serious... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Life Skills Training for SOS Care-Givers
SOS care-givers on Thursday July 18 attended one-day training on life skills on the environment at the organization's social centre, Goderich in the west of Freetown. Read more »
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Sierra Leone: I.B. Kargbo Eulogises Late Journalist - 'He Was a Brave Man'
Senior Adviser to President Ernest Bai Koroma, Alhaji Ibrahim Ben Kargbo, yesterday eulogised deceased journalist Jon Z. Foray, referring to him as a brave man. The former... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: SLIEPA Fires Back At Pujehun District Chairman
Communication and Marketing Manager of the Sierra Leone Investment and Export Promotion Agency (SLIEPA), Francis Minah, yesterday refuted allegations made by the chairman of the... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: 'SLPP Needs a People-Centered Secretary General'
Current National Administrative Secretary of the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party (SLPP), who is now vying for the position of National Secretary General of the party, has... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Journalists Pay Tributes to Departed Colleague [press release]
Association of Journalists (SLAJ) yesterday paid shimmering tributes to their fallen colleague, Mr. Jon Z. Foray at a condolence signing ceremony organized by SLAJ at the Harry... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: UBA Celebrates Five Years Operations
(UBA) Sierra Leone Limited last Friday held its 5th year anniversary with a thorough stock-taking of its operations in the country and a projection into the future. According to... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Mob Justice - Alleged Thief Beaten to Death
One Mohamed Kargbo was on Saturday 20th July allegedly beaten to death by some unknown persons around the Sackville Street/Hope Street junction, in central Freetown, in an apparent... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Octea Accused of Supporting Political Parties Campaigns - but Media Head Denies Allegation
Chairman Association of Journalists on Mining and Extractive (AJME) has accused one of the leading mining companies operating in the eastern district town of Kono for allegedly... Read more »
July 19
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Sierra Leone: SLFA Election Postponed Again
The Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA) elective congress has been postponed for the second time by the Normalization Committee from July 27 to August 3, 2013. Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Bangura Scores in Champions League Qualifier
Sierra Leonean striker, Mohamed 'Poborsky' Bangura scored his first European Champions League goal this season as his Swedish side, Elfsborg trashed Latvian champions, FC Daugava... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Sports News - Trouble Hangs Over Salone Football
Sierra Leone football seems to be heading for the rocks as Chairmen of the Regional Football Associations are kicking against the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA)'sdecision... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Africell Turns Prince of Wales Pupil Into Millionaire
One of Sierra Leone's leading GSM operators, Africell Mobile Company, continues to change the lives of its esteem subscribers by making them millionaires through their innovative... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Moyamba Police Nab Illegal Zircon Miners
Three people are currently in police custody for alleged illegal mining of zircon in the Kargboro Chiefdom, Moyamba District. Police say the suspects were caught right in the act... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: First Lady Launches Strategy to Curb Teenage Pregnancy
First Lady Sia Nyama Koromahas officially launched the National Strategy for the Reduction of Teenage Pregnancy in Bo. The ceremony, which was supported by the United Nations Fund... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Drim Presents 'Excellence Awards' to 45 Teachers
Some 45 teachers drawn from various secondary schools in the Moyamba District have been presented with excellence awards for their contribution towards the improvement of... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Peace-Building Workshop Ends in Bo
"Justice, peace and human rights are the bedrock on which the Catholic faith is built," this is according to the Director of Caritas Bo, Paul Macavoray, who was speaking at a... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: FBC Gets Chinese Language Society
Students from different disciplines at Fourah Bay College, with support from the Confucius Institute, have organized themselves to establish the Chinese Language Society. Read more »
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Sierra Leone: No Access to Justice for Hearing-Impaired
While giving an overview of a survey undertaken by Initiative for Changing Lives for Ultimate Disability Empowerment (INCLUDE) titled 'Access to the Justice System for the Hearing... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Three Year-Old Drowns in Abandoned Dam
Town Chief of Matham village in the Magbema Chiefdom, Kambia District has called on the government to institute a special investigation into the operations of a Senegalese road... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Suspension From AU - Egypt Seeks Salone Support
A senior diplomat from the interim government in Egypt is currently in Sierra Leone to seek the country's support following the suspension of the North African nation from all... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Gavi Milliongate Trial
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Social Welfare, Gender and Children's Affairs, TechmanKanu, yesterday testified at the High Court No.2 presided over by Justice Abdulai Charm... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: SLPP, APC MPs Assure Constituency 001 Women
Members of Parliament from both the ruling All People's Congress(APC) and the main opposition Sierra Leone People's Party(SLPP) on Monday agreed to prioritise women in the award of... Read more »
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Sierra Leone: Femi Hebron Reacts to U.S. Two Million Scam
A politician-cum-businessman, Femi Hebron, has emphatically deniedhaving any business transaction with an Italian businessman, let alone robbing him of a whopping sum of US$2... Read more »
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