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March 2015

As part of efforts to strengthening existing relationship between the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) and it various stakeholders/public(s) in various regions in the country, the Management of SLRA on Thursday 12 March organized

Kambia, Mar. 14, 015 (MOHS) - Stakeholders including Paramount Chiefs, Section Chiefs, Tribal Heads, Herbalists, Youth and Women Groups in the Kambia, Port Loko, Tonkolili and Bombali districts have committed to scale down the Ebola

In order to provide a better solution to the challenges facing Africa’s housing problem and offer useful policy recommendations, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the United Nations Habitat Office organized a Two-Day Regional Conference

The National Executive Director of Lifeline Nehemiah Projects Sierra Leone, Mr. Philip Joel Mandewa-Cole, popularly called P. J. Cole, has said that there is every need to address issues of female genital mutilation, child marriage,

Freetown, March 16 (SLENA) -  Member of Parliament of constituency 96, Hon Alhasan Kamara over the weekend donated 50 cartons of tiles estimated at three million five hundred thousand Leones (Le3, 500,000) and a cash

The Commissioner of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Joseph Fitzgerald Kamara and team from ACC Headquarters completed a three day regional tour to Makeni, Bo and Kenema respectively on Friday 13th March 2015.  (Photo: The Commissioner

Port Loko, March 16 (SLENA)- Amidst widespread concerns over the reopening of schools across the country, the Deputy Director of Education, Port Loko District, Brima Taimu Koroma, has said that the scheduled date for the

Just to mention a few…You might actually be better off as an outsider if you are in a larger economy. AFRICA is increasingly becoming a stomping ground for relatively youthful presidents, from Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta to the leaders

The 11 year long civil war in Sierra Leone (1991 – 2002) witnessed so many juveniles as victims and also perpetrators of serious atrocities. Violence was the other of the day and systemic against women

For decades, China has been a strategic player in contributing to the socio-economic development of Africa. In the last couple of years, slight over a decade now, this strategic engagement with the continent came through

Because of the many roles he has played in Sierra Leone, Looking Back is much more than Dr. Sama Banya's life story.   In a lively and entertaining manner, he takes the reader through the chequered

Imam Asim Hafiz OBE MA, Islamic Religious Advisor to the Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs of the British Army landed in Sierra Leone on Tuesday 11th of March 2015. On arrival he was

The truth, it is said, is better than endless smokescreen. And one sad fact is that we have left the future of our country in the hands of people who don’t know, don’t care, or don’t

Lunsar, March 12 (SLENA) - The St. John of God Catholic Hospital which is popularly known as the Mabessaneh Hospital of Lunsar has resumed the provision of general medical services after a lull of about

New study calls for preparedness in West African nations, regional approach to stop, treat and help recover New York, 12 March – West African nations that experienced low or zero incidence of Ebola have already been