Every year Sierra Leoneans in Australia celebrate their mother’s land, Sierra Leone historic Independence Day in a different grand style. To put the community and the country, Sierra Leone in the map of Australia and also to tell the Australians and the world that the Sierra Leone community in Australia and the country as a whole have talented, peaceful and hard working Sierra Leoneans in the country.

Students of the Law Department were stunned when they saw a teenager with low hair cut in their midst for the first time queuing to shake hands with the Acting Chancellor to receive the award of  a Bachelor of Laws degree (honours) in the 2013 University of Sierra Leone convocation held at Fourah Bay College campus on April 6.

MIATTA CONFERENCE CENTRE, Brookfields, Freetown, May 8, 2013/ -- His Excellency, President Dr Ernest Bai Koroma has said that the provision of an enabling environment to promote human security and poverty reduction at national and local levels is a critical focus area of his government. He made this statement on the occasion of the official launch of the National Disaster Response Trust Fund at the Miatta Conference Centre, Brookfields, Freetown, on Wednesday, May 08, 2013.

Describing 2011 as a year of transition and 2012 as “a year of delivery” for Sierra Rutile, CEO John Sisay highlights an impressive list of achievements in the company’s 2012 financial results for the year ended 31 December 2012 (published April 25).

 These include increasing rutile production by 39% to 94,493 tonnes, completing the new Lanti Dry Mining project, which is now in the final stages of commissioning, and completing studies on a number of further expansion projects including the Gangama Dry Mining project.