Hanan presenting her gift
By Mabinty M Kamara
A 10-year girl has celebrated her birthday in a unique style with calls for consideration for the needy.
SLAJ condemns ‘disgraceful’ detention of journalist
Sam Lahai
By Kemo Cham
The Sierra Leone Association of journalists (SLAJ) on Monday reacted angrily to the detention of a journalist on allegation of criminal defamation.
Sierra Leone mourns popular female journalist
By Kemo Cham
Sierra Leonean journalists are mourning the death of one of the country’s best known female journalists.
Manja Parkinson, better known as Manja Balema Samba, died on Sunday, according to sources.
She was Deputy Station Manager of the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Corporation in the southern city of Bo.
CNN African journalist award shortlist revealed
By Kemo Cham
The CNN African Journalist award list has been revealed.
A statement unveiled last week by the organizers indicates that South Africans and Nigerians continue their dominance over the coveted yearly contest organized by the US-based television network, CNN and the South Africa-based Multi Choice company.
The competition honors the best the journalism profession on the continent.
The independent panel of judges worked through about 1600 entries submitted for the 2016 edition from 38 countries.
Nigerian journalist wins BBC World News Komla Dumor award
By Kemo Cham
The BBC last Tuesday named Nigerian broadcaster Didi Akinyelure as winner of its coveted Komla Dumor Award.
The BBC World News Komla Dumor Award was set up in honored of respected Ghanaian journalist Komla Dumor who worked for the BBC until his sudden death in 2014 due to heart attack.
Ms Akinyelure is described as a prime-time news anchor in Nigeria and presenter of business news for the CNBC.
Ms Akinyelure will start a three-month placement at the BBC in London in September.
Sierra Leone soldiers, secret society clash
By Umaru Fofana
A daytime curfew has been imposed on the southern island of Bonthe after skirmishes between soldiers based on the island and members of the Poro secret society led to the shooting dead of two people.
Two other people involved in the skirmishes are hospitalised, as is the wife of the local head of the Office for National Security (ONS) and a military guard at the naval base who were allegedly beaten up by the mostly young angry Poro members.
Orange takes over in Sierra Leone
By Mohamed Jaward Nyallay
Telecommunications giant, Orange, has acquired Airtel Sierra Leone with the final documentation having been signed, sealed and delivered on Tuesday at the National Telecommunications Commission (NATCOM) headquarters.
It completes the takeover of the Indian company Bharti Airtel in Burkina Faso and Sierra Leone by the French one, a process which began in January 2016.
The takeover will be implemented by an Orange subsidiary in Senegal, SONATEL.
