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January 2013

A six man strong South Korean delegation from MAKE GROUP (a South Korean investment company) is expected to arrive in Freetown this afternoon on the invitation of the President Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma on a

The success or failure of our economy is measured not by the size of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product), but rather by the extent to which the living standards of the vast majority of Sierra Leoneans are rising.

Chairman Western Area Rural District Council, Mr. Alhassan Cole has disclosed that there is no democracy without the people, as according to him, democracy is the government of the people, for the people and by

MONROVIA, Liberia, January 30, 2013/ -- Nobel Peace Prize winner and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf issued a stark warning in Monrovia on Wednesday to the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel that is meeting this week

Subscribers of Comium across the country have raised concern as to whether ‘Comium Straight Top up Promo’ is a reality. The promotion, which should have ended in December 2012, with the ultimate winner receiving a Mercedes

Recently Sierra Leone was announced by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of the United States government to be eligible for Compact programme, having passed twelve out of twenty performance indicators used by the MCC to

ADDIS ABABA January 29, 2013 - On the margins of the African Union summit of Heads of State, Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso, held a meeting with UNIDO Director General, Kandeh Yumkella.  (Photo: Press

Wealth brings excitement and importance, plus respect. That is the case of present-day Sierra Leone, or at least that is what President Koroma’s ‘Agenda for Prosperity’ is ladling us with, that the nation is confronted

The Anti-Corruption graft (ACC) has set in motion an action to probe into the activities of two members of APC government, namely, the current deputy minister of Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Mahmoud Tarawally and

As President Koroma champions the Agenda for Prosperity, road construction and development are key priorities for nation building. The ongoing construction of the Hillside bye-pass road is critical to the expansion of economic activities in the

Latest reports reaching this press say there is serious infighting among senior staff of the National Power Authority (NPA), notably between top management and some junior staff members.   (Photo: NPA Deputy Manager, Mr. Zubairu Ahmed

The Financial Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, Mr. Edmond Koroma has been described by many as a success story and has become a household name in Sierra Leone. According to staff that spoke to this

Following the victory of ruling All People Congress (APC) party in the last general elections, the newly appointed trade minister, Alhaji Usman Boie Kamara (in photo) has been named “Four-for-Four Daddy”. Speaking to this medium, traders

The Alie Kabba Foundation (AKF) last Friday commissioned a modern library at the Government Secondary School in Kenema The library was single handedly constructed and furnished by the Chief Executive Officer of the AKF, Mr. Alie

The Director of Public Education and Outreach at the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Mr. Shollay Davies has said the gospel should be used as a tool for fighting corruption and other social vices. Mr. Shollay Davies