Salone News

Special Court Receives €600,000 from EC

The European Commission has made a donation of €600,000 ($787,000) to the Special Court for Sierra Leone to continue the Court’s Victims Justice and Legacy Proje

| February 2007 | 376 views

UNDP (Sierra Leone) Website Relaunched

UNDP PRESS RELEASE The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Sierra Leone is pleased to announce the relaunch of its website, which can be (...)

| February 2007 | 486 views

London: Zainab’s Murderer Gets Life Sentence

A teenager has been jailed for at least 30 years for the murders of a woman at a christening and a student teacher. Roberto Malasi, 18, stabbed Ruth (...)

| February 2007 | 628 views

Obituary

The death is announced of the late Ya Amina Dainkeh of 28 Teko Road, Makeni, Northern Sierra Leone. She passed away on January 12, 2007 and is survived by (...)

| February 2007 | 1157 views

Lungi: Training for Commercial Sex Workers

The United Nations Integrated Office in Sierra Leone (UNIOSIL) and the Forum for African Women Educationalists (FAWE), in collaboration with UNDP, UNAIDS (...)

| February 2007 | 862 views

BBC roadshow across Sierra Leone

Radio listeners in Sierra Leone will be treated to a week of engaging live programming when the BBC World Service brings its interactive English for Africa (...)

| February 2007 | 526 views

Hanciles’ Allegation is Groundless

"Mr. Hanciles clearly is a writer to behold because he attempts to be a fine journalist or commentator on public affairs in some of his writings we have (...)

| February 2007 | 20966 views

YSLI Plans More Presidential Debates

Youth for Sierra Leone Improvement (YSLI) is hereby informing the general public/electorate, the government of Sierra Leone, the National Electoral (...)

| January 2007 | 611 views

Prosecutor Welcomes Start Date of Taylor Trial

PRESS RELEASE The trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor(photo) is slated to begin this spring, as ordered by a Judge of the United (...)

| January 2007 | 475 views

Another Big Fish to Join PMDC Soon

By Gibril Koroma, Vancouver, Canada. Barely a few days after the PMDC leadership announced the joining of their party by Hinga Norman and other former (...)

| January 2007 | 1102 views

Riot Shakes Freetown

By Our Correspondent Freetown is the scene of a riot Saturday between some youths and the police. Apparently, a taxi cab driver was pouring a gallon (...)

| January 2007 | 813 views

John Leigh Debunks Press Statement

By Our Correspondent. A leading member of the ruling SLPP government in Sierra Leone, Dr. John Leigh(photo), has dismissed a recent statement (...)

| January 2007 | 645 views