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July 2012

A heavy downpour of rain left at least seven dead on Thursday July 4, in west of the capital Freetown, and the evacuation of sixteen families in the east of Freetown on Friday July 5,

A request is pending for the sum of US$7,872,373.43 by the contractor, Angelique International Limited.  Upon a reply sent in by the Bank of Sierra Leone on November 18, 2011 that cash flow was not

Whilst it is blessing to have rain down pouring in tropical environments like ours, Sierra Leone’s artificial endowment has been a cause for disaster. The capital of Freetown is hilly with catchments area settlers.  The roads

The Hugo Chavez International Foundation for Peace Friendship and Solidarity (HCIF-PFS) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bayorlin Agricultural Development Association (BADA) on the 5th of July this year at the Thompsonia

Due to the alarming rate of theft in the east part of Freetown, police at the Eastern Police and Ross Road Divisions have raided various areas in the outskirts of the east past Monday July

The award winning Mobile communication company, Africell Lintel on Friday, July 7th this year doled out the sum of Fifty Million Leone to 29 lucky subscribers who partook in the recently concluded predict and win

WASH–Net water, sanitation and hygiene network in partnership with Water Aid and Oxfam over the weekend ended a two day workshop at the Grassroots Gender Empowerment Movement’s (GGEM) Conference Hall, 58 Jones Street, Freetown on

Addis Ababa, July 6 2012 – The 6th gender pre-Summit meeting opened today under the theme: “Boosting Intra-African Trade”. The topics to be tackled during the meeting are the role of women in trade in

The Community Health Centre at Allen Town, east of Freetown, is in a deplorable state and now a death trap.  The center, which hosts over five hundred pregnant women, lactating mothers, under-five children and other

Global warming, deforestation and other environmental challenges have been earmarked as factors responsible for the many natural or man-made disasters occurring in not just Sierra Leone, but also in many countries across the world. The

The Airtel Rising Stars tournament Western Area version has reached a decisive stage as some teams will go in to the final day of action on Sunday still in contention to grab the one qualification

Back in the early 70s, and on a very fateful day, four Sierra Leonean male lost their lives in a motor accident in the United States.  These four Sierra Leoneans were believed to have hailed

JOHANNESBURG - Viridis Africa, the clean technology business and investment conference presents a matchmaking platform for African renewable energy, waste management, water conservation, and recycling projects and initiatives on 16th and 17th October 2012 at

Lagos, Nigeria - Maintenance work commenced today at third mainland bridge, as directed by a top government official. It is expected to be complete in November, and will see eight expansion joints replaced on both