It’s 6am and still dark when runners cross the start line at Wusum Stadium in Makeni, northern Sierra Leone, for what promises to be an eventful day. By the time the sun rises, and the heat really starts to turn up, hundreds of runners are already well on their way to completing the physically intense 26.2-mile marathon course. Around 800...Read More
The Delegation of the European Union to Sierra Leone on Monday, June 6, 2022, celebrated World Environment Day (June 5) with a poetry and arts competition organised by the Sierra Leone School Green Club with financial support from the EU Delegation. Ten selected secondary schools in Freetown participated in the arts and poetry competition onthe theme...Read More
U.S. Embassy Freetown announced on Tuesday, June 6, 2022 that young Sierra Leoneans will participate in the 2022 Mandela Washington Fellowship. Those selected include, Samuel Saidu, James Kpaka, Aminata Kandeh, Alex Bayoh, Precious Lamin, Nyangah Rogers-Wright, Laura Nicol, Adama Sillah, Issa Thullah. Additionally, 2021 Fellows Phebean Swill and Tamba Sangbah were selected to take part in...Read More
JIUQUAN, June 5 (Xinhua) — China on Sunday launched the crewed spaceship Shenzhou-14, sending three astronauts to its space station combination for a six-month mission. The trio will cooperate with the ground team to complete the assembly and construction of the Tiangong space station, developing it from a single-module structure into a national space laboratory with...Read More
Sierra Leone’s Bolton Wanderers striker Amadou Bakayoko has admitted, if selected, facing Nigeria’s Super Eagles will be his first proper match in Leone Stars jersey. The three-time African Champions will square up with the Leone Stars at Moshood Abiola Stadium in the Group A opener behind closed doors on June 9. The Bolton’s hitman scored his...Read More
