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March 2011

I wish security was measured on a scale of 1 to 10. But it’s not a scale, instead, it’s considered by most security experts as a total philosophy, and a set of tools and actions.

The USA, the UK, and France have begun attacking Libya as enforcement of the UN-mandated no-fly zone gets under way. The Pentagon states that more than 110 missiles have been fired by the UK and US. David

When one Kai Sessie Tambawa, in a recently published article in "The New People" aptly described Vice President Alhaji Samuel Sam Sumana as "a growing tyrant", many of his sycophantic underlines perceived it as an

The staff at the Sierra Leone Embassy in Washington DC observed this past Wednesday and Thursday, 16 and 17 March 2011, as training days. The training, the first of its kind, targeted all staff,

The APC are their own best news makers, whether the news is positive or negative.  The rest of us merely take delight in helping them to propagate it, particularly news that makes unrealistic and more

The Richmond Kickers in the United States signed 5’7″ midfielder Shaka Bangura for the upcoming season. According to head Coach Leigh, he was very impressed with Shaka’s power, pace, and ability to open up defense. Coach

Ahead of the Sierra Leone cracker in Niger next Sunday, Sierra Leone’s Swedish head coach Olof Mattsson has said AIK‘s Sierra Leonean star striker Mohamed Bangura (in photo) will leave the Stockholm club in the

The African Union Commission (AUC) Chairperson, Dr. Jean Ping on Tuesday 15th March 2011 accepted in principle an invitation from His Excellency President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma to participate in Sierra Leone’s 50th Independence Anniversary

The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone has started exhibiting the Truth and Reconciliation National Vision to Secondary Schools. (Photo: TRC Laison Officer, Josephine Thompson-Shaw explaining one of the visions to the pupils) Over the

Covert conducts of runaway Abdul Tejan Cole and would be Sierra Leone’s Director of Public Prosecution, Glenna Thompson – justifiably - questioned reasons adjoining Anti Corruption’s criminal prosecution of erstwhile Minister of Fisheries and Marine

One of Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) aspirants, Usman Boie, self-assuredly affirms sweeping leadership in his party come the Day of Judgment. He called himself as a spotless and immaculate politician - fresh enough to take

It is increasingly becoming clear that authorities at Freetown City Council are losing ideas by the minute. Recently, Council came up with by-laws listing a number of offences punishable by the force of law. The offences

"Technology transfer is the process of sharing of skills, knowledge, technologies, methods of manufacturing, samples of manufacturing and facilities among governments and other institutions to ensure that scientific and technological developments are accessible to a

Moments after our public disclosure meeting on Tuesday, 15 March, 2011, at the Miata Conference Centre in Freetown, Mr. Theophilus Gbenda of the Association of Journalists on Mining and Extractives (AJME), an off spring of

Muslims and Christians of Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the 50th Independence Anniversary Committee, will be organising an Inter-Religious Remembrance Service on Wednesday 23rd March 2011 at the National Stadium, Freetown and in the Provinces. The