NORTHERN IRELAND COMPANY UPGRADES SIERRA LEONE’S INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

BY LEAH GERMAIN SIERRA Leone has had a tough time in the past 20 years, with a savage civil war bringing misery and dislocation, but since 2002 peace has largely held and the economy has started to develop - a good example being the recent improvements to the Freetown-Lungi International Airport (FNA). The Sierra Leone Airport Authority (SLAA) contracted has contracted Lagan Construction Limited, a Northern Ireland company, to help with rehabilitating its runways. According to Lagan's international and airports division director Richard Jones, the nine-month ...


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