President Ernest Koroma receives NDE delegation Freetown – Accompanied by the Sierra Leone High Commissioner to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, His Excellency Plenipotentiary Henry McCauley, a high–powered delegation from the National Directorate of Unemployment (NDE) Nigeria, met President Koroma at his office State Lodge Hill Station, Freetown. The delegation which is in the country [...]
By: | Featured, Politics Comment Feed: RSS 2.0 Print This Post Mr. Idiot’s wakefulness of coming events (the soon to come Presidential elections) has compelled him draw consciences of Sierra Leoneans to Maada Bio’s serialized involvement in coup d’états. The Idiot was amazed hearing that the Mendes have turned the Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) [...]
TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – Canadian junior Axmin on Tuesday said it agreed to sell a 51% stake in its Sierra Leone gold exploration assets to Polo Resources for $7.5-million, as it moved to focus on its Passendro gold project in the Central African Republic (CAR). Axmin CEO George Roach hailed the deal as one that would [...]
(AFP) – 1 day ago FREETOWN — Sierra Leone’s main opposition party on Monday elected retired Brigadier Julius Maada Bio, who once seized power in a coup, to challenge incumbent Ernest Koroma in 2012 presidential polls. The 47-year-old Bio beat 18 other candidates from the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP), receiving 208 of 607 votes [...]
When you see very important stakeholders like the head of the Campaign For Good Governance, Mrs. Valnora Edwin, speaking out boldly and describing the election by the Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) of Mr.Mada Bio as Presidential candidate as a retrogressive step , you know that it is no longer child’s play and that the rubber [...]
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August 01, 2011, 4:25 AM EDT By Jesse Riseborough (Updates with company statement in third paragraph.) Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) — African Minerals Ltd., building a $1.2 billion iron ore project in Sierra Leone, climbed the most in more than two months in London trading after completing an investment accord with Shandong Iron Steel Group Co. [...]
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Sierra Leone’s main opposition party has named retired Brig. Gen. Julius Maada Bio as its candidate for presidential elections next year. The Sierra Leone People’s Party made the announcement Monday after a three-day conference. Bio will contest incumbent President Ernest Bai Koroma in next year’s vote. Bio ruled the West African [...]
BENGUEMA, FREETOWN: The Commander-In-Chief of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) has extolled his officers and recruits for display of bravery, diligence and dedication to their work in diverse professional military skills both at home and in international peacekeeping missions. President Ernest Bai Koroma cited, in particular the army’s efficient discharge of its [...]
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Gryphon Minerals (GRY) Broker Calls Credit Suisse – BUY Deutsche – BUY RBC – BUY RBS Morgans – BUY Argonaut – BUY Eagle Research – BUY Alpha Broking – BUY Chart: Share price over the year to 04/08/2011 versus ASX200 (XJO) Gryphon Minerals (GRY), a West African focussed Gold exploration company with projects [...]
Health: Global Fund against HIV-AIDS resumes activities in Mauritania
Global Fund against HIV-AIDS – The Global Fund for the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria will resume activities in Mauritania after ‘a successful negotiation between the government and its partners,’ according to a statement from the Mauritanian ministry of Health. The resumption of funding will enable the country receive substantial resources estimated at about [...]
Mauritanian Football Federation elects new president
2011-08-01 Mauritanian football fans can look forward to new leadership in the sport as the country looks to rebuild its programme. By Mohamed Foily Samba Vall for Magharebia in Nouakchott – 01/08/11 [Mohamed Foily] For the first time in its history, Mauritania’s football federation held a competitive election for new leadership. The Mauritanian Football Federation [...]
Zimbabwe’s image problem: Facebook caning linked to human rights abuse
Zimbabwe clearly has an image problem. When we posted a note on Monday about the caning sentence for a Chiredzi boy who ‘slandered’ a local woman on Facebook, we sincerely thought two cane strokes was not a big deal. Really. For us the important thing was that someone had managed to get some kind of [...]
Kicked out of Zimbabwe, he’s now a top sportsman
I think with playing sport at an elite level comes a responsibility Pundits have touted him as a future Wallabies captain, which would be welcomed by Australian rugby fans who have delighted in his unfulfilled Springboks dream MELBOURNE — A child of evicted Zimbabwean farmers, David Pocock arrived in Australia with a few suitcases and [...]
Mugabe praises coalition government with rivals
Mugabe, who turns 88 on Tuesday, has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, but has shared power with Tsvangirai’s rival Movement for Democratic Change since 2009 under a coalition after violent and disputed elections. Despite the agreement, Mugabe and Tsvangirai have continued to fight over government posts and policy, including Mugabe’s drive to [...]
African Minerals Inks US$1.5Billion Deal with China’s Shandong Steel
Aug. 2 – A US$1.5 billion agreement was signed between African Minerals and China’s Shandong Steel and Iron Group (SSIG), the world’s ninth largest steel producer, bringing the a long-awaited deal to a close. According to the agreement, SSIG will fund US$1.5 billion in three phases to acquire a 25 percent stake in African Minerals’ [...]