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September 2013

Latest report reaching this press has intimated that widespread corruption is presently going on at the traffic section of ‘A’ Division which is headed by the District Traffic Officer (DTO), Inspector Kabbah. The report further disclosed

You cannot help but get a sense of doom, as the clouds gather around Syria. A palpable sense of déjà vu has been whetting the political taste buds of the big guys; as they gather

Many local and International newspapers have confirmed the arrest of an unspecified number of soldiers over an alleged foiled mutiny in the mid month of August, 2013. The detention of the alleged conspirators was also

President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), who also doubles Managing Editor of Awoko, Kelvin Lewis, on Thursday 12th September, arrived in Beijing, People’s Republic of China, on the invitation of People’s Daily

The Mayor of New Haven in Connecticut, United States of America (USA) John De Stefano Jr. has indicated that the tie between the two capitals of Freetown and New Haven is still binding.  (Photo: r-l: 

The Sierra Leone Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China, Ambassador Victor Bockarie Foh (in photo), interacted with the Sierra Leoneans in Australia, especially those in Sydney during an exclusive radio telephone interview from China.

Over 300 supporters of the former Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Haja Afsatu Kabba, residing in fish-rich Tombo in the Western Rural District, have planned to join other colleague supporters to demonstrate before the

In a bid to close the gap between the rich and the poor World Vision Sierra Leone in partnership with Health for All Coalition has launched a report in Bo and Bonthe District titled ‘Close

Sierra Leone has developed a strong financial services sector which managed to weather the global financial crisis and is now building on the country’s stable macroeconomic fundamentals as the financial sector is dominated by banking,

Warning to Chief Torto of Kono The attention of the Executive Committee of the Football Association has been drawn to the unsavory and scathing statements peddled by Chief Torto, Chairman of Diamond Stars Football Club of

Sierra Leonean born King of Pop and founder of the Sfano-Michael Jackson Children’s Development Fund, Mr. Sfano Njawa Sesay popularly known as General Sfano, has said that he is impressed on hearing from the executive

Teams For You (T4U), an organization of volunteers from Great Britain, recently paid a working visit to the Maranatha Primary School in the Deep Eye Water community in the Western Rural District of Sierra Leone

The network of HIV Positive in Sierra Leone (NETHIPS) Executive Director Mr. Idrissa Songo has disclosed to journalists at his office at 114 Pademba Road, Freetown, that there is high stigma and discrimination in the

In the summer of 2012, London hosted the Olympic Games for the third time and the home nation rose to the occasion, winning 29 gold medals, 17 silver, and 19 bronze.  There was one particular

The first female President of the Sierra Leone Football Association (SLFA), Isha Johansen, has called on the football fraternity to raise their game. She made this clarion call on Wednesday at a press conference held