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September 2012

Schools across Sierra Leone will be having a recess on November 9 to see off the activities of elections come November 17, says Sierra Leone’s Chief Education Officer, Mohamed Sallieu Kamara in Freetown. By this pronouncement

The Constituency Coordinator of Constituency 52 in the Port Loko District, Alusine B. Sesay aka Central High Command has told this medium on Thursday September 20  at the Parliament Building that the Honorable Member of

The people of Constituency 92 over the weekend demonstrated their unflinching support for the Honorable Member of Parliament, Raymond Jones to represent them for the second term in office. Talking to a cross section of the

High-level panel: “Strong commitment and actions imperative for the prevention of sexual violence and gender-based crimes in conflict and for securing justice for survivors” (New York, 25 September) Against the backdrop of the 67th UN General

49 year old Mohamed Bangura of Aberdeen Bridge, appeared before magistrate Komba Kamanda of Court No2 of the Freetown Magistrate Court on Saturday 22, with a two count charge, for alleged rape of his brother’s

New York, September 24, 2012- Addressing Member States and stakeholders at a High-Level Summit on the margins of the 67th session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, today announced

Following the announcement that Sierra Leonean born UNIDO Director General, Kandeh Yumkella will serve as Special Representative of the Secretary General and Chief Executive Officer of the Sustainable Energy For All Initiative, Mr. Ban Ki-moon

Sorie Kondi, Sierra Leone’s famous blind kondi player, who is in many ways the country’s Stevie Wonder (although not rich or internationally famous) will be touring the United States in October 2012, according to the

The Executives of the Attitudinal and Behavioral Change (ABC) Secretariat, Dr. Ivan Ajibola Thomas and Madam Nanette Thomas as part of its programs, has lectured workers of the National Fire Force (NFF) on self moral

Africell is the biggest GSM operator in Sierra Leone. The company has not relented in supporting innovations and creativity among youths in the country. The company strongly believes that the future belongs to young people

Tony Elumelu Foundation is pleased to announce the placement of the first Tony Elumelu Fellow in the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The initiative is in line with the Foundation’s intent to provide

I want to thank every Sierra Leonean in advance for a free, fair and peaceful upcoming election in our beloved country

As of  September 21st 2012 the Sierra Leone Embassy in Senegal has seized and confiscated a total of over 15 Sierra Leone government documents, including among others, passports, birth certificates, residential permits fraudulently obtained while

18 SEPTEMBER 2012 - As of 16 September 2012, a cumulative total of 18,508 cases including 271 deaths (with a case fatality ratio of 1.5%) has been reported in the ongoing cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone

The upper room at Coney Island, Brooklyn based Jamaican Footprints Cafe could not contain the dozens of reporters, bloggers, radio and tv producers who descended upon the venue Wednesday to cover a Meet and Greet