The largest investment company in Sierra Leone’s diamond mining sector, Koidu Limited, formerly known as Koidu Holdings, has been taken over by OCTEA Diamond Group. The new owners have unveiled a new 180-tonnes-per-hour processing plant which is expected to boost diamond output in the country four-folds and more than double the annual export of the sparkling stones. Full supplement follows:
OCTEA Diamond Group takes over Koidu Limited
A constitutional crisis is looming in the Sierra Leone Football Association as the mandate of the current executive expires on Thursday without the election of a new one.
A senior SLFA source told Politico Sports that the Executive Committee of the organisation would meet on Thursday to discuss the possibility of extending their mandate in line with recent proposals put forward by the FA’s electoral committee to hold the elective congress on August 23.
By Ambrose Boani
Presidential candidate of the main opposition Sierra Leone People’s Party, Julius Maada Bio yesterday officially launched his party’s “Manifesto Development Process” at the Bank of Sierra Leone Complex in Freetown. Addressing stakeholders from across the citizenry, he said that there was often a disconnect between the needs of the people and the Manifesto of presidential candidates.
Plan Sierra Leone and its partners on Tuesday officially launched its Child Survival and Development project at the Port Loko District Council Hall, Port Loko.
United States ambassador to Sierra Leone, Michael Owen has awarded three journalists whose essays were rated the best in a World Press Day writing competition organized by the embassy.
Supported by: Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA)
