Sierra Leone News

Sierra Leone is an independent republic which lies on the on the bulge of Africa and forms part of the West African Region.

On his 2012 album En Yay Sah , Janka Nabay reimagined the bubu pop music of his native Sierra Leone with a group of Brooklyn-based art rockers, including members of Skeletons and Gang Gang Dance.

An International Monetary Fund mission led by Ms. Malangu Kabedi-Mbuyi visited Freetown during May 8-21 to carry out discussions for the 2013 Article IV consultation and for a three-year economic and financial program that could be supported by the IMF under the Extended Credit Facility .

"When you have a skill, even if something bad happens in a country, you won't have a hand in it.

May 15, 2013 - LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Daryush Shokof, director and producer of the upcoming 3D action/adventure "Moon and 8" has just announced that he has signed on to direct and produce upcoming "Ekundayo," a dramatic action film in the spirit of "Blood Diamond," "The Last King of Scotland" and "Hotel Rwanda". "Ekundayo" will be produced by Shif ... (more)

Bunce Island, in Sierra Leone, was a British slave trading post in the 18th century.

Andrea and Paul Robinson, both 55 and from Dringhouses , are heading up an American organisation in Bo, the country's second city.

James Holmes is asking a judge to allow him to change his plea to not guilty by reason of insanity in the deadly Colorado theater shootings.

Assistant Superintendent of Police Ibrahim Samura said on state radio Saturday night that Charles Francis Margai was detained for alleged subversion.

Police say the bodies of a woman and a 13-year-old boy have been found after a dayslong standoff in New Jersey, and a suspect was killed in the rescue of three children inside the home.

Girls from Andrew Marvell College walked 6km to fetch water as part of a day to highlight what women and children do in the country.

The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has received ECOWAS passports for 395 ex-Liberian refugees in Nigeria and given green light to ex-Liberian refugees in Sierra Leone to obtain ECOWAS passports.

FUNDRAISERS around York will be collecting money next week for Christian Aid week, one of Britain's biggest annual charity events.

The acclaimed Sierra Leone Refugee All Stars will play the Artisphere in Rosslyn on June 1. The band, whose formation in West African refugee camps and subsequent struggle to return to a home ransacked by war was documented in the 2006 film that bears their name , has won awards around the world.

The British Red Cross is using innovative mobile phone technology to save lives with location-based messaging in Sierra Leone.

It has just secured another Connecting Classrooms grant from the British Council, which will allow a further round of reciprocal visits this year.

The U.S. State Department is sending a Minnesota hip-hop artist to Africa as part of a cultural exchange program.

The announcement of the visit of Cardinal Peter Tuckson, who is the current President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, during last Sunday's mass in the various parishes in the Makeni Diocese in Sierra Leone has brought mixed feelings amongst the laity, priests and religious in the diocese as the announcement does not make any clear ... (more)

April 30, 2013 -- A leading ambassador for American Hip-Hop culture will travel to the land of Hip-Hop's ancient roots in Africa when the United States Department of State sends Rhymesayers Entertainment Hip-Hop Recording Artist, writer and educator Toki Wright to Sierra Leone May 6-18. Wright, who heads the nation's First Fully Accredited Hip-Hop ... (more)

Corgenix Medical Corporation, a provider of diagnostic kits for immunology disorders, vascular diseases and bone and joint disorders, has announced initial phase completion of a multi-year pivotal clinical trial of rapid test for Lassa fever.