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September 2012

Popular Sierra Leonean youth advocate and leader brought his dose of inspiration and frank talk to the highest halls of power yesterday, when he addressed a high level UN gathering 25th September 2012 at the

As we count down fifty-one days to the national polls, various aspirants busy themselves out in the field canvassing votes from unsuspecting and gullible electorates. A Greek poet once quoted ‘blow, blow, the winter winds blow,

It remains barely fifty-one days to the country’s general elections and the life and time of the Honorable House of Parliament faded out yesterday, giving rise to a breed of legislators. It could be recalled that

President Ernest Bai Koroma over the weekend said the future of entrusting those with the symbol of leadership in the position of trust, rests in the hands of the people of this country.  (Photo: HE

The 2nd round of the Brima Keita football competition commenced at the K-T playing field on Saturday 22nd September 2012. According to the chief organizer of the competition, Alhaji Tarawalie, the top two teams in each

The Government of Sierra Leone and the multi-stakeholder group of the Sierra Leone Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative launched the 2nd SLEITI Reconciliation Report (2008-2010) on Monday 24th September at the British Council Auditorium. In his remarks,

Monday September 17th saw the fatal death of Mohamed Conteh of No. 86 Back Street, Kissy, in a gruesome road accident that occurred with the deceased father's van.  Mohammed Conteh was a SS2 student of

National Campaign Coordinator for ruling All Peoples Congress (APC) party Leonard B. Koroma has told this Press that the ruling party will today 25th September 2012 start the process for award of symbols to candidates

A wealth of research suggests that lack of capable and transparent leadership is one of the most frequent causes of failure in governance, public and private sector development programmes. In fact, transparency is one among

LONDON, United-Kingdom, September 25, 2012/ -- The African Development Bank (AfDB) has proposed plans to float Africa’s first infrastructure bonds to member nations to raise up to $22 billion for investments in much needed infrastructure projects such as

Sierra Leone’s Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, H.E. Wusu B. Munu, Friday, 21st September, 2012, hosted Sierra Leoneans in Riyadh to a Strategic Planning Meeting for this year’s Muslim pilgrimage, “Hajj.”   (Photo: HE Wusu Munu and HOC

On Saturday 22 September, 2012, Boston came alive with Sierra Leoneans from many States attending the much talked about event of the year.  This fund raising event was planned by Sierra Leone Arc of Hope

Young men and women chat along the glittering corridors of the sprawling shopping complex. With state-of-the-art mobile communication gadgets in hand, they go in and out of the mall’s 65 shops, filling shopping bags with

In celebrating the International Day of Peace, Master Peace Sierra Leone, One Family People and COJA held the first ever peace march as part of their celebration. The event which was done in collaboration with the

Hundreds of supporters and well wishers of constituency 109 over the weekend staged a rally that ended at the All People Congress (APC) party headquarters in support of Amadu Fofana aka Fofi. The event which was