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Middlesborough F.C. has signed Sierra Leonean-American international Kei Kamara to a 2 year contract rumored to be worth $2.3 million. Kei was bought during the tight football transfer window on September 2nd. The 29-year-old has spent most of his career playing in the MLS for Kansas City. Last season Kei got his first taste of the [...]
Isha Sesay CNN anchor and daughter of Sierra Leonean politician Kadie Sesay got hitched over the weekend. The 37-year-old presents news updates on Anderson Cooper 360 and is an international correspondent. Isha married fellow CNN journo Leif Coorlim at Atlanta’s Mandarin Oriental Hotel. Isha says that with Leif she has married the man of her dreams. [...]
Words: Amadu L. Bah Isha Johansen has become the first woman to head Sierra Leone’s football association, and just the third woman in the world to hold such a post. Johansen who stood unopposed at the elections has called for unity in football. About 40 percent of the association’s delegates boycotted the elections after three [...]
Sierra Leone inaugurates president as nation turns curve on post-war insecurity
Last Night in Accra: M.anifest, Efya premiered music video for ‘Asa’ at the mall (Photos)
Last night in Accra: Jojo Abot performed live at the Lexington (Photos)
![Photo Flash: Enjoy Sierra Leone Boat Party cruises on again [photo gallery]](http://www.switsalone.com/wp-content/themes/IntuiPanel/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://www.switsalone.com/wp-content/uploads/EnjoySierraLeoneUKBoatParty309-150x150.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1 "Photo Flash: Enjoy Sierra Leone Boat Party cruises on again [photo gallery]")
Photo Flash: Enjoy Sierra Leone Boat Party cruises on again [photo gallery]
Yaa Pono, Efya, Wanlov, Mensa live concert in Accra for Big in Ghana 2012 (Photos)
![Sierra Leoneans in DC Metro at Green White Blue Independence Ball [PHOTOS]](http://www.switsalone.com/wp-content/themes/IntuiPanel/scripts/timthumb.php?src=http://www.switsalone.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_1012.jpg&w=150&h=150&zc=1 "Sierra Leoneans in DC Metro at Green White Blue Independence Ball [PHOTOS]")
Sierra Leoneans in DC Metro at Green White Blue Independence Ball [PHOTOS]
Kim Thue Photography presents ‘Dead Traffic’ from Sierra Leone
Originally published on GoWomanAfrica MacMillan has just published what could arguably be the first autobiography penned by an African woman. Fatima Massaquoi was a Mende princess born in 1905 to the King of Gallinas in what is now Pujehun District in Southern Sierra Leone. Her story which was written in the Liberian Vai was discovered by [...]
Press Release Francess Sandy Conteh born 18 November 1985 better known CeCe is a Sierra Leonean Afro-pop/ Afro- singer. She lived in Sierra Leone for most part of her childhood and attended St. Michaels’s Primary School and St. Joseph Secondary School (Convent). CeCe is not only a pretty face that comes with a beautiful voice, [...]
GoWoman Magazine’s latest issue is now on sale in Sierra Leone and online. In this latest edition Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health, one of just two women in the country’s cabinet is on the cover of the magazine. In the 4-page cover story Ms Kargbo discusses her journey back to Sierra Leone after two [...]
BLACK TUESDAY IS A MEDIA BLACKOUT IN SOLIDARITY WITH JOURNALISTS JONATHAN LEIGH AND BAI BAI SESAY WHO HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH 26 COUNTS OF SEDITIOUS LIBEL AND JAILED IN SIERRALEONE Date: 28th October 2013 Statement by SLAJ President on Black Tuesday Dear Colleague Journalists This is your President Kelvin Lewis speaking on the eve of [...]
“That thing of trying to have the courage to work through your problems. “Let it all work out” is kind of a mantra in itself but it’s also saying you can’t always let it all work out– you have to have the courage to do something about it: the courage to have a relationship with someone, to [...]
I have been doing my best to stay clear of that story about the Minister pikingate but it just wont go away. I tried to keep quiet partly because I was recently accused of being a purveyor all of all things negative a la Sierra Leone. But dis wan noh go pass make ah noh [...]
The Associated Press reports that the charges filed against Crispin Deigh, the ex Managing Director of Sierra Leone Commercial Bank have been dropped. Deigh and his deputy Patrick Conteh have been acquitted because authorities say they have insufficient evidence to prosecute. Last month Deigh, Conteh and several others were charged with several counts of bank fraud [...]
Words & Pictures by Amadu L Bah The roads and farms of 8 villages in Marampa and Maforki Chiefdoms have been flooded. Community members say the flooding is being caused by London Mining as it searches for hematite deposits in Port Loko District, but the company that heavy rains are to blame. London Mining began [...]
The government of Sierra Leone says it has arrested 9 soldiers who were planning a protest against the President on a planned visit to his hometown of Makeni. Over the weekend several people on Facebook posted about a military mutiny while others called it a foiled coup. A source at the Ministry of Defence has [...]
Word & Pictures by Jaime Yaya Barrie After years of speculation Silver Spoon Movies has announced that it will release the film “Who Killed Miss Sierra Leone?” this August. The story is based on the life of Annie-Maude Cole who was crowned Miss Sierra Leone in 2001 and died mysteriously afterwards. The film’s writer and [...]
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Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health in GoWoman Magazine talks cholera and corruption
GoWoman Magazine’s latest issue is now on sale in Sierra Leone and online. In this latest edition Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health, one of just two women in the country’s cabinet is on the cover of the magazine. In the 4-page cover story Ms Kargbo discusses her journey back to Sierra Leone after two [...]
Sierra Leone’s Journalists impose Black Tuesday solidarity media blackout
BLACK TUESDAY IS A MEDIA BLACKOUT IN SOLIDARITY WITH JOURNALISTS JONATHAN LEIGH AND BAI BAI SESAY WHO HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH 26 COUNTS OF SEDITIOUS LIBEL AND JAILED IN SIERRALEONE Date: 28th October 2013 Statement by SLAJ President on Black Tuesday Dear Colleague Journalists This is your President Kelvin Lewis speaking on the eve of [...]
Wetin new: Politician possibly caught red-handed pwellin di pikin
I have been doing my best to stay clear of that story about the Minister pikingate but it just wont go away. I tried to keep quiet partly because I was recently accused of being a purveyor all of all things negative a la Sierra Leone. But dis wan noh go pass make ah noh [...]
Sierra Leone Commercial Bank’s ex MD Crispin Deigh acquitted
The Associated Press reports that the charges filed against Crispin Deigh, the ex Managing Director of Sierra Leone Commercial Bank have been dropped. Deigh and his deputy Patrick Conteh have been acquitted because authorities say they have insufficient evidence to prosecute. Last month Deigh, Conteh and several others were charged with several counts of bank fraud [...]
Fatima Massaquoi: The Sierra Leonean Princess who stood unafraid among the Nazis
Originally published on GoWomanAfrica MacMillan has just published what could arguably be the first autobiography penned by an African woman. Fatima Massaquoi was a Mende princess born in 1905 to the King of Gallinas in what is now Pujehun District in Southern Sierra Leone. Her story which was written in the Liberian Vai was discovered by [...]
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health in GoWoman Magazine talks cholera and corruption
GoWoman Magazine’s latest issue is now on sale in Sierra Leone and online. In this latest edition Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health, one of just two women in the country’s cabinet is on the cover of the magazine. In the 4-page cover story Ms Kargbo discusses her journey back to Sierra Leone after two [...]
Talent needs no introduction: Sampha Sisay of London by way of Sierra Leone
“That thing of trying to have the courage to work through your problems. “Let it all work out” is kind of a mantra in itself but it’s also saying you can’t always let it all work out– you have to have the courage to do something about it: the courage to have a relationship with someone, to [...]
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