American-born Sierra Leonean- Yannoh Bangura pays homage to King Bai Bureh
Traditional authorities including ceremonial chiefs from Kasseh Chiefdom in Port Loko District graced the occasion. Dressed in traditional regalia, they sang songs of praise and jubilation as they welcome a daughter of the soil, Free Yannoh Bangura, an American-born Sierra Leonean who recently traced her ancestry to the Temne ethnic group of Sierra Leone. She […]
Africa’s greatest charity car race, Budapest Bamako rally comes to Sierra Leone
Africa’s greatest charity car race, Budapest Bamako rally comes to Sierra Leone Sierra Leone’s. President, Dr Julius Maada Bio has welcomed over 700 tourists who completed the Budapest Bamako charity car race in Freetown. The event which took place at the National Stadium in Freetown on Sunday February 16, 2020 was attended by dignitaries from […]
A PERSONAL TRIBUTE TO MOHAMED BANGURA BY COLONEL STEVE DAVIES (MBE)
It was my good fortune to meet Mohamed for the first time soon after I arrived in Sierra Leone in the late summer of 2004. I had been posted to Freetown as military advisor to the Sierra Leone Government with the task of re-building the Ministry of Defence into a subordinate organ of the State […]
Day Five and Six:
Day Five and Six: Comprehensive National Survey of Tourism Sites and Facilities in Sierra Leone Team Tonkolili *A visit to Foday Saybana Sankoh’s Grave* We left Magburaka in the early hours of Thursday February 21. Using the route that connects Magburaka and Mile 91 we enjoyed the every moment of the journey. Our first assignment […]
We will protect and preserve Bunce Island forever’ Host communities pledge
Hawa Mastor Kamara, 35, a resident of Tasso Island could not hold back her tears as she listened to the horrific story of the slave trade on Bunce Island. A lively and warm personality under normal circumstance was reduced to a despondent and melancholic individual ever since her name was listed as one of 10 […]