Sierra Leone News

$24 Extra At Lungi Airport Along With More Securtiy

edenliving — Sun, 27 May 2012 21:39:33 +0000

Substance Detection Dogs Along With New Surveillance Technology So no more hiding place for “amateur smugglers”! I say “amateur” because the professionals certainly know how to evade all this new techie stuff. Nevertheless, better than nothing. A word of caution to those would be “dry fish” ehhh shall I say smugglers you may want to [...] Related posts:

Nightmare Journey From Lungi To Freetown

Watching Chelsea Win On The Beach

edenliving — Sun, 20 May 2012 22:12:25 +0000

Fantastic day yesterday, we all went to Lumley Beach to watch football where a giant screen has been placed at Alafia point. Literally we sat on the beach and watched the proceedings with perhaps about 200 or so people. Much to my frustration, the first half produced nothing and then well towards the end of [...] Related posts:

No Water, No Light In 21st Century Sierra Leone

edenliving — Sat, 05 May 2012 12:04:36 +0000

It pains me to write this especially after a long pause in which I have been so busy to blog! But really and truly I have been waiting for too LOoooooonnnnng a time hoping that this situation will be fixed that really I have given up. Sad though because I believed myself to be a [...] Related posts:

Coming Back To Sierra Leone If You Are Into Medicine

edenliving — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:31:16 +0000

Just this weekend, I had a friend from diaspora confirm, she’s coming back for good! She took sabbatical and came to find a job and luckily she got one! That makes me happy indeed! I had this email today: Hi Ekua, I am really excited that I came across your blog. I am a midwife [...] Related posts:

Southern Eye Clinic Restores Vision

edenliving — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:41:33 +0000

Despite the poor road network leading to Serabu Town in the Bumpeh Chiefdom, Bo District, yet people from all over Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and even Mali brave it to ensure that they receive proper free eye treatment at the Southern Eye Clinic. The Center provides eye testing, visual acuity, minor surgical procedures, cataract surgery [...] No related posts.

Merry CHRISTmas Everyone!

edenliving — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 01:13:26 +0000

Have a merry one and remember, JESUS CHRIST is the reason for the season! Right now Freetown is buzzing, there’s constant music even throughout the day and even the night! Day time is awash with weddings almost in every nook and cranny. I do love this season a lot!. The air is crisp with the [...] Related posts:

Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year…

Sierra Leone: Africa’s New Investment Destination

edenliving — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:04:38 +0000

That was the theme for this year’s trade and investment forum which happened on the 16th and 17th of November. I was very excited to blog about this and quite frankly, I wish I had done so just when it happened because since then there’s been an Aljezeera corruption scandal about Sierra Leone investors being [...] Related posts:

Current Electricity Situation In Freetown – Nov 2011

edenliving — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:37:56 +0000

I promised I’ll making these updates. Well currently, “Salone swit” We are enjoying light on most days (90% of the time). Compared to when we came in 2008, well things have superbly improved in this area. So to those that are coming this December you are in for a real treat. Yesterday we drove down [...] Related posts:

Hilton Coming To Sierra Leone And Several Other Good Things…

edenliving — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:59:17 +0000

When I got on the plane recently to come to Freetown, I was surprised (or not really) about the number of foreign (by the way, I’m not foreign ) people coming to Freetown too! Wow so what were all these people coming to do seeing (as some people think) Mama Salone is down and out? [...] Related posts:

More Good News – Fibre Optics Landing In Freetown Today!

edenliving — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 16:24:00 +0000

Wahoo! I’m so excited about this particular event! It’s been long in coming and boy! we’ve been thirsting for it! Anything for increased internet speed is welcome in all quarters! The formal commissioning of the fibre optic landing commissioning was held today at the submarine ACE landing station in Lumley. This will put in place [...] Related posts: