Koidu (Sierra Leone)

Type: City

Name: Koidu (Sierra Leone)

Latitude: 8.44

Longitude: -10.85

population: 111,090

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Sierra Leone Recovery Sends Yields to Record Low Level

Sierra Leone, the African nation rebuilding its economy a decade after the end of a civil war, is benefiting from slower inflation and a stable currency as borrowing costs tumble and growth accelerates.Yields on 91-day notes fell 128 basis points, or ... [Published Bloomberg - May 17 2013]

Entities: Sierra Leone, yield, Bank of Sierra Leone, Inflation, Freetown (Sierra Leone)

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

African Union

3,000 AU PEACEKEEPERS KILLED IN CONFLICT

Some 3,000 soldiers of the African Union mission deployed in Somalia (AMISOM) were killed in the conflict over the past years, in a bid to halt the advance of the al Shabab insurgents.“I want to pay tribute to the countries and to their soldiers who paid ... [Published Misna - May 10 2013]

Entities: Conflict, Somalia, Boko Haram, African Union, Koidu (Sierra Leone)

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

KOIDU, MINERS FIRED AFTER PROTESTS

About 300 workers at a foreign managed diamond mine in Sierra Leone were laid off for a few months after staging protests that resulted in two deaths and required police intervention.According to website ‘Political Sierra Leone’, the South African company ... [Published Misna - May 09 2013]

Entities: Koidu (Sierra Leone), protest, Sierra Leone

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

In Sierra Leone, 9,888 Solar Powered Street Light Poles to be Installed in 14 Districts

NEWS : Local News By Augustine SambaMay 7, 2013, 17:10 Nine thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight electric solar street light poles are expected to be installed to provide street light in Freetown and other districts headquarter towns in Sierra Leo ... [Published AwarenessTimes - May 07 2013]

Entities: Sierra Leone, Solar Power, Freetown (Sierra Leone)

First reported Apr 24 2013 - Updated Apr 24 2013 - 1 reports

BSGR ENTANGLED IN MINING RIGHTS IMBROGLIO

The diversified natural resource company BSG Resources, which has a stake in the Octea Diamond Group operating the Koidu Diamond Mine in Sierra Leone, has come under scrutiny by U.S. authorities for its possible role in an alleged bribery scheme in Guinea ... [Published Diamond Intelligence Briefs - Apr 24 2013]

Entities: Guinea Conakry, Mining, Indictment, Lansana Conte

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

Oraco Resources Update on Drilling in Boroma

Oraco Resources, Inc. reports an update on activities and progress at its Boroma, Sierra Leone mining concession. According to the company, this 10-acre concession is located outside of Koidu in the Kono district. As relayed by the head of operations ... [Published Individual.com - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: ORACO RESOURCES INC, Sierra Leone, Koidu (Sierra Leone)

First reported Dec 21 2012 - Updated Dec 21 2012 - 1 reports

The Prospero Foundation Recently Made a Donation to a Group of Female...

The Prospero Foundation, founded by Ulrik DeBo of DeBondo Capital, is excited to announce that a microloan donation has been made to a group of small-business women in Sierra Leone. The Prospero Foundation, founded by Ulrik DeBo of DeBondo Capital, is ... [Published PRWeb - Dec 21 2012]

Entities: Microloan, Donations, Sierra Leone, Koidu (Sierra Leone), Small Businesses

First reported Dec 06 2012 - Updated Dec 06 2012 - 1 reports

Sierra Leone: Diamonds lure children out of school

Source: IRINCountry: Sierra Leone KOIDU, 6 December 2012 (IRIN) - Sierra Leone’s diamonds fuelled the 1991-2002 civil war, and are now boosting economic growth, but at the same time they are keeping thousands of children out of school. At a mine resembling ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Dec 06 2012]

Entities: Sierra Leone, Mining, Koidu (Sierra Leone)

Quotes

The indictment says Cilins, who was arrested in Florida on Sunday, "was taped offering the widow of a deceased high-ranking Guinea official US$5 million during what US authorities say was a two-month campaign to tamper with a witness and destroy records" reports the newspaper citing the documents...

BSGR ENTANGLED IN MINING RIGHTS IMBROGLIO [Published Diamond Intelligence Briefs - Apr 24 2013]

Brad Rosen, President of Oraco, said that, "Our focus right now is to remove as much gravel as possible before the rainy season comes and we lose access to the riverbed. We will secure the material until after the rainy season, when we will begin washing in earnest. The quick sampling that was done, though not statistically significant, makes us excited about the possibilities."

Oraco Resources Update on Drilling in Boroma [Published Individual.com - Apr 17 2013]

...But there had never been a female chief of Kono. "There was violence," Torto recalls, "the community divided. The United Nations intervened because of what they were hearing on the radio."

Women Struggle to Be Heard in General... [Published AllAfrica.com - Nov 16 2012]